Manuel Franquelo

Manuel Franquelo (born in Málaga 1953) is a Spanish painter and mixed media sculptor.^[1][2]

Franquelo established his reputation as a hyper-realist painter. A common theme in his paintings are a collection of still life objects arranged on a shelf against a dark background.

From the late 1990s Franquelo has worked and collaborated with Adam Lowe and engineer . Lowe and Franquelo created the Factum Arte studio together in 2001, and Franquelo was involved with the studio until 2004.^[3] With the support of Factum Arte and , Franquelo created the Lucida 3D Scanner, used to record low-relief surfaces such as those of paintings and frescoed wall surfaces in 3D, and still in use by Factum in 2020.^[4] Franquelo trained as an electronic engineer, and now produces installations and sculptures often incorporating electronics or computer control.

In 2001, Franquelo and Lowe contributed to a project, along with the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr Ahmad Baghat and Michael Mallinson, to demonstrate that it was possible to laser-scan and replicate the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. This led to the later recording by Factum Arte and Factum Foundation of the Tomb of Thutmose III,^[5] the tomb of Tutankhamun,^[6] and the tomb of Seti I.^[7]

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• Untitled (1985)
• The Cultural Chorus (1999), 3 platforms with 12 microprocessor-driven electronic circuits which pose random questions from a generated vocabulary and answer in chorus.
• Preacher and the Chorus (1999) as part of Noise.
• Prints at Marlborough Fine Art
• (in Spanish) Interview in "El Mundo" newspaper