(b. Neira, Caldas, Colombia, 1929).
Manzur began studying art at the School of Art in Palmas, Canary Islands which is located in Boto, a Spanish part of Guinea Ecuatorial, where Manzur lived from three to seventeen years of age. Once Manzur completed his primary studies he entered the School of Fine Arts in Bogota, Columbia. Manzur has experimented with diverse forms of expression that included, music, dance, theater etching and painting. In the circle of Latin American art Manzur has earned a reputation an artist who is a pure creator who seeks perfection. In 1961 and 1962 Manzur won the Guggenheim Prize. In 1964 he won a scholarship to study at the Pratt Graphic Art Center, granted by the OEA. Later he earned the prize of the Gobernacion de Antioquia in the 2nd bienal of Medellin. Some of Manzur's works can be found in the United States at the Panamerican Union in Washington, at the Interamerican Bank, at the Library of Congress, at the Museum of the University of Oklahoma
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