Mario Carreño (1913 - 1990) was a Cuban-born Chilean artist most known for depictions of classical architecture and surrealistic landscapes. He merges Cubist abstraction, Mexican muralist techniques, and the High Renaissance imagery—disjointed styles which are united by planes of overlapping color. Carreño is commonly associated with his still life painting Naturaleza Muerta, in which he stages a guitar and fruit on a sandy beach. Carreño studied at the Academia de San Alejandro in Havana and later at the Académie Julian in Paris. He gained critical attention after presenting his work at the São Paulo Biennial in 1951 and at XXVI Venice Biennial in 1952. His works are currently held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.