Mario Carreño Morales
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| Mario Carreño Morales | |
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| Born | June 24, 1913 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | December 20, 1999 Santiago de Chile, Chile |
Mario Carreño Morales (June 24, 1913 in Havana, Cuba - December 20, 1999 in Santiago de Chile, Chile) was a Cuban painter.
He studied painting in the Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba since 1925 until 1926. In 1934, he studied in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. In 1937 in the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, Paris, France and in the same year in the Académie Julian, Paris, France.
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[edit] Individual Exhibitions
- 1930 - "Mario Carreño", Salón de Merás y Rico, Havana, Cuba.
- 1947 - "Carreño: Recent Paintings", Perls Galleries, New York City.
- 1978 - "Mario Carreño. Pinturas", Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
- 2000 - "Exposición en Homenaje a Mario Carreño", Galería de Arte Patricia Ready, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
[edit] Collective exhibitions
- 1932 - "Exposición Única de Pintores y Escultores Cubanos", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba.
- 1943 - "The Latin American Collection", Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
- 1951 - I São Paulo Art Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- 1952 - XXVI Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
[edit] Awards
He has been awarded:
- 1956 - Guggenheim International Award, New York City.
- 1982 - National Prize of Art of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- 1987 - Cintas Foundation Fellowship, New York City.
[edit] Collections
Many of his pieces are in the permanent collections of:
- Carrol Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
- Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida
- Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile,
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
- Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- International Business Machine, New York City
[edit] References
- Vicente Baez, Virilio Pinera, Calvert Casey, and Anton Arrufat, Editors; Pintores Cubanos, Editors ; Ediciones Revolucion, Havana, Cuba 1962 (Spanish)
- Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); ISBN 978-0917571114
- Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0917571121 (Spanish)
- Eduardo Luis Rodriguez; The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925-1965; (Princeton Architectural Press 2000); ISBN 978-1568982106
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