Robert P. Cenedella, Jr. (born May 24, 1940) is an American artist. He became well known for several of his paintings, including commissions by Bacardi, Heinz, Absolut Vodka and Le Cirque. In 2017, he got controversy for displaying his 20 year old painting again, The Presence of Man, previously named just Santa Claus, which depicts a crucified Santa Claus with presents in front of him. Cenenella wrote a response, "I didn't replace Christ with Santa Claus: Commercialism and Capitalism did." The painting has gotten controversy in 1997 when it debuted. In 2018, he filed 2 complaints for The Metropolitan Museum of Art for not showing his art work and he tried to sue them for $100 million for starting an unlawful conspiracy, but the case was dismissed.