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Cuban Art Mario CarreñoMario Carreño
Period: The Vanguard
1913 - 1999

Women and Horse
Mujeres y Caballo , 1945
mixed media on board
13 x 16 3/4 inches

Born in Havana, 1913. "Like so many other artists, I studied at San Alejandro, but when I left for Spain in 1931, I wasn't able to dedicate myself immediately to painting. Graphic design allowed me to earn a living in those difficult years which were a prelude to the Spanish Civil War. In 1935, I left for Mexico, where I met and worked with the great muralists. But it was in Paris, between 1937 and 1939 that I began to exhibit with some success. The artistic environment was excellent; my circle was the same as that of Picasso and Lam. During the 40's I moved to New York and began to do abstract painting, which was in vogue at the time. I would often return to Cuba. In 1957, I came to Chile, at the urging of someone who was already a great friend, Pablo Neruda. He was always in awe of Cuba, of its climate, its beaches, its seashells (especially the polimitas). For me Chile was a sort of paradise, in contrast to the overly fastpaced reality of New York. I realized that it offered a different kind of life, more attuned to the rhythm of human beings, and that's what compelled me most strongly to stay. When I returned to Paris in 1962, I found a great preoccupation, a terrible anguish over the possibilities of an atomic war. For a long time, I was traumatized by a fear that pervaded all of Europe. From this experience emerged the series The Petrified World, my protest against war, against human suffering. In recent years I have had a great desire to feel the warmth of Cuba, to be in Cuba, and this has led me again to the theme of 'Antillanas.' I have not returned to Cuba since 1957."

 
 

Cuban Art Mario Carreño C5818 Afro-Cuban Dance
(Danza Afrocubana)

Mario Carreño
1943
Duco with cloth and rope collage on wood panel
64 7/8 x 47 7/8 inches
signed and dated 43 lower right
C5818

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 06840
Dawn of the Volcanoes
(Amanecer de los Volcanes)

Mario Carreño
1974
oil on canvas
33 1/4 x 47 inches
06840
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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 06241 Figurehead
(Mascarón de Proa)

Mario Carreño
1974
bronze sculpture, 13 of 18
20 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 7 inche
06241

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 04149
Fruits of the Sea
(Frutos del Mar)

Mario Carreño
1942
oil on canvas
30 1/4 X 39 3/4 inches
04149
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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 07224 Maritime Horse
(Caballo Marino)

Mario Carreño
1943
Duco on canvas laid down on Masonite
24 x 20 inches
07224

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 06822
The Grand Vase
(El Gran Jarrón)

Mario Carreño
1976
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 23 3/4 inches
06822
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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 02901 Tropical Tree
(Árbol Tropical)

Mario Carreño
1984
oil on canvas
58 1/2 x 47 inches
02901

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 05516 Two Women
(Dos Mujeres)

Mario Carreño
1946
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
18 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches
05516

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 03925 Vase
(Búcaro)

Mario Carreño
1935
charcoal on paper laid down on board
23 x 19 inches
03925

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 05390 Viñales Landscape
(Paisaje de Viñales)

Mario Carreño
1941
mixed media on canvas
30 1/4 x 24 inches
05390

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 05702 Woman in the Garden
(Mujer en el Jardín)

Mario Carreño
1946
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
11 1/2 x 9 inches
05702

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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 04647
Women and Horse
(Mujeres y Caballo)

Mario Carreño
1945
mixed media on board
13 x 16 3/4 inches
04647
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Cuban Art Mario Carreño 03082 Young Lady with Guitar
(Muchacha con Guitarra)

Mario Carreño
1944
mixed media on cardboard
9 x 6 3/4 inches
03082

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