Lionel Smit

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lionel Smit
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Oct 22, 1982(1982-10-22)
Age	42
Birthplace	Pretoria
Country	South Africa
Horoscope	Capricorn

Lionel Smit Biography

Lionel Smit is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on October 22, 1982 in Pretoria, South Africa. Born in 1982 in Pretoria, South Africa, Smit was exposed to sculpture through his father, portuguese sculptor Anton Smit, who worked from his studio adjacent to the family home. This studio played a central role in Lionel’s upbringing. By age twelve, Smit was already working in clay and considered himself primarily as a sculptor. At sixteen his parents separated, after which Lionel, a student at Pretoria’s Pro Arte School of Arts at the time, began to use the empty studio space his father occupied for painting.

Smit lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is also represented internationally in London. His work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London where it received the Viewer’s Choice Award, He received a Ministerial Award from the South African Department of Culture in 2013 for Visual Art.

Lionel Smit Net Worth

Lionel Smit is one of the richest Artist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lionel Smit 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lionel Smit (born 22 October 1982, Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African artist, known for his contemporary portraiture executed through large canvases and sculptures.

Lionel Smit’s art is defined by a relationship between sculpture and painting.

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Who is Lionel Smit Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Suzanne Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Lionel Smit celebrates birthday on October 22 of every year.

How much does a Lionel Smit painting cost?

Lionel Smit’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $160 USD to $45,614 USD , depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2013 the record price for this artist at auction is $45,614 USD for Rorschach #4, sold at Strauss & Co., Cape Town in 2017.

What style of drawing and painting is Lionel Smit known for?

Lionel Smit is best known for his contemporary portraiture executed through monumental canvases and sculptures. Perhaps more than anything else, Smit’s work is defined by a profound and ongoing dialogue between sculpture and painting.

Where did Lionel Smit grow up?

Having grown up in Pretoria with his sculptor father Anton Smit, he’s now based outside Cape Town in the beachy suburb of Somerset West, where he’s just opened a new studio and gallery space.

What materials does Lionel Smit use?

His sculptures are made of bronze which reveals it to be suited material for his interventions on it. He creates them using one of the oldest known techniques – wax casting method. Lionel Smit’s art explores identity and ever- changing nature of South Africa’s social landscape.

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