Anton Smit
Overview
Anton Smit
Take big risks. Don't fret about what others think. Do the most difficult thing on earth for you - do it for yourself.
Anton Smit is an internationally acclaimed South African sculptor, celebrated for his monumental human figures, masks, angels, and abstract works in steel, bronze, and fiberglass.
His art is known for its powerful sense of movement, with bodies that twist, reach, and float, evoking profound emotion and a call to action.
With a career spanning decades, Smit has exhibited across New York, Rome, Milan, Singapore, and Germany, including his iconic "The Age of Grace" sculpture displayed in Grand Central Station and featured on the front page of The New York Times. His works also graced the inauguration of President Nelson Mandela.
Today, his Anton Smit Sculpture Park in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa, showcases his breathtaking outdoor installations to global collectors and art enthusiasts.
Works
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Astronomers Head -
Between the Shadow & the Soul - Seri IV
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Between the Shadow & the Soul - Seri V
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Delight in the Sons of Men
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Faith Mask Large (Wall Mounted)
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Faith Mask Small (Bronze)
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Pleiades
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Reflect Triptych
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Small Blue Head
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Something Rich & Strange
Biography
Anton Smit
Anton Smit is one of South Africa's most prominent contemporary sculptors, renowned for his monumental human figures, masks, hands, angels, warriors, and abstract forms that combine physical grandeur with emotional depth.
Working primarily in bronze, steel, metal, fiberglass, and a proprietary iron-polymer cast, Smit creates works that appear to move, stretch, and reach out, transforming stillness into gesture. His sculptures are often described as inspirational action figures, evoking themes of resilience, spirituality, and transformation.
Smit's innovative sculpture methods include blending metal with polymer and other media to produce striking textural effects. His figures often seem to float or stretch into space, embodying a poetic illusion of movement, with limbs and torsos that invite emotional engagement.
In 2003, Smit established the Anton Smit Sculpture Park in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa, an extraordinary open-air gallery overlooking Bronkhorstspruit Dam. This world-class sculpture garden has become a destination for collectors and art lovers, offering breathtaking landscapes alongside his towering figurative and abstract works.
Through his fusion of materials, motion, and emotion, Anton Smit continues to push the boundaries of monumental sculpture, leaving a lasting mark on the international art scene.