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Lionel Smit
artist
Somerset West, South Africa
About
One of South Africa's most collected contemporary artists, known for monumental portraits and sculptural works exploring identity and the Cape Malay community. His faces fracture, dissolve, and reassemble — large-scale paintings and bronze sculptures that question how identity is constructed, perceived, and represented. His work is held in major private and corporate collections worldwide and has been exhibited in London, New York, Shanghai, and across Europe.
Artistic Style: Monumental portraiture — faces that fracture and reform between paint and bronze, exploring identity and the Cape Malay community
Mediums
Oil painting
Bronze sculpture
Mixed media
Studio
Works from his Paardevlei studio in Somerset West, creating large-scale paintings and bronze sculptures.
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Artworks by this Artist
Emergence IV
Terra de Maceira
Guerreiro con escudo (Warrior with Shield)
Neon Genesis — Floral Explosion
Sunflower Seeds — Edition Print
Infinite Dots — Cosmic Pumpkin
Galloway Landscape — Autumn
Botafumeiro
Still Life with Tulips — Kirkcudbright
Japanese Garden, Broughton House
Portico de la Gloria — Central Tympanum
The Frog Prince — Book Illustration
Máscara do Entroido (Carnival Mask)
Kirkcudbright Harbour at Low Tide
The Druids Bringing in the Mistletoe
Bushveld Sunset — Limpopo Series
Karoo Morning — After the Rain
Cloud Gate Study — Liquid Mirror
Fragment of Memory — Cape Malay Portrait
Composición Atlántica