Pablo Runyan Kelting (1925 – February 14, 2002) was a Panamanian surrealist painter who lived and worked in Madrid from 1951 until his death in 2002.

Runyan was son of a famous doctor and a mother specialized in the cultivation of bonsais, an art he continued in Spain creating an important collection.

Born and raised in Panama, he moved 1943 to New York, where he met writer Anaïs Nin, who became his protector.

Runyan was a friend of Andre Breton, Peggy Guggenheim, Max Ernst, Ava Gardner or Leonard Bernstein.

Due to his many connections, Runyan's house became a meeting place for personalities[2] of cinema and the arts in general, where actors like Ava Gardner visited him frequently.