David Manzur Londoño (born December 14, 1929) is a Colombian painter, two time Guggenheim Fellowship winner and alumni of the

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and Pratt Institute of New York. His subjects include still lifes, mounted knights, and saints.Fernando Gómez
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'', June 25, 2001 . In 2019 Manzur was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá, Colombia´s highest peacetime decoration. In the year 2020 king

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bestowed upon him the

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as a recognition for his work and his ties with

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Early life and education

Manzur was born in Neira, Caldas, Colombia. His father, Salomón Manzur, was a Lebanese businessman; his mother, Cecilia Londoño Botero, was Colombian.Camilo Chico and María Elvira Ardila, "Cronologia".

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. He spent his childhood and adolescence in

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, in the Canary Islands, and in

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, living through the

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and

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in Africa and Europe.José Gómez-Sicre, Department of Visual Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs of the Organization of American States, 1977. Catalogo David Manzur 1953

After returning to Colombia in 1947, he settled in Bogotá, where he began to study art, music, and acting. He had a brief theatrical career. He studied art at the School of Fine Arts in Bogotá and at the

and Pratt Institute in New York, and received two consecutive Guggenheim Fellowship and a fellowship from the Organization of American States. While in the United States, he was assistant to

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, the Russian Constructivist sculptor and pioneer of Kineticism.Eduardo Serrano, ''Manzur: Homenaje'', Bogotá: Villegas, 2005, .

Career

On returning to Colombia he founded an art workshop that was in existence for more than 20 years and trained many artists. He had his first solo exhibition at the

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and John F. Peto, Manzur returned to figurative art, painting still lifes, the ecstasy of St. Teresa, the story of St. Sebastian, and especially horses in various situations. In recent years Manzur has turned to new subjects. The ''Ciudades Oxidadas'' (rusted cities) which he exhibited in the first decade of the 21st century, which showed his special interest in the deterioration of the planet and was the result of extensive travel and research. Manzur´s latest exhibition to mark his 90th birthday was called "El Oficio de la Pintura" at the

and curated by Eugenio Viola. It showcased works of each one of the seven decades of Manzur´s work, it was received with critical and public acclaim.

Awards

* 1961: Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation * 1962: Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation * 1964: Pratt Institute scholarship, Organization of American States * Prize, 1st INTERCOL salon for young artists,

* 1970: First Prize, Government of Antioquia, 2nd COLTEJER Biennial, Medellín * 2005: Order of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia * 2019: Order of Boyacá. The Grand Cross. * 2020:

References

External links

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Gallery ''La Cometa'' (Bogotá, Colombia)Gallery ''Duque Arango'' (Medellín, Colombia)
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