Chilean painter. Cuban origin.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1915.
He arrives at Chile in 1948.
In 1969 he obtains the Chilean nationality.
Of his continuous trips through Mexico, Europe
And New York he receives diverse and various influences.
His style goes since the figurative orientation to the Cubism.
His artworks are very high quoted in the art market.
In 1998 a panel of him " At the beach " was sold in nearly
US$ 200,000, at a closing Auction in New York.
In Chile, he was founder of the
"School of Fine Art"
of the Catholic University of Santiago.
During twenty two years , he performs
as an academic at this Universuty.
Mains characteristics of Carreño's paintings are
the geometric forms,
the very attractive alive colors,
and his landscapes of Mediterranean architectures.
In 1982 he was awarded in Chile with the
"National Prize of Art".
He dies in Santiago of Chile, in 1999,
when he was 84 years.
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