MARIANO was interested in drawing and painting since boyhood. At age 24 he went to Mexico and met the painter Rodriguez Lozano and Diego Rivera's group, who assisted him during his early development. Returning to Cuba, he devoted himself entirely to his painting. MARIANO's technique then bore a close resemblance to that of the modern Mexicans but he was already striking out in his own direction, experimenting with chromatic valuations and searching for a vehicle to express his personality. Mariano has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, NY and the Museum of Art, San Francisco. His watercolors are on permanent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, NY. MARIANO is part of the pantheon of Cuba's most collectible painters."Landscape with Mass" is a masterpiece formerly belonging to the family, duly certified & cataloged with export license from the Cuban Ministry of Culture, Department of Cultural Properties.