About
Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools.
- Auguste Rodin
Anthony Smith is a British artist with a wide range of interests: bronze sculpture, painting, photography, natural history, television documentary production and travel writing.
Ever since sailing around the world, Anthony has been fascinated by the sea.
Biography
1984 – Born in Glasgow, Scotland
2002 – Exhibiting first bronze sculptures at F. T. Sabin Gallery, Mayfair, London
2002 – Sir Thomas Browne Medal for Biology
2002-5 – Studying Natural Sciences, Zoology, Christ’s College, Cambridge University
2002 – S. W. Grieg Prize for Natural Sciences, Cambridge University
2007 – Elected as Fellow of the Linnean Society
2007 – Centerary Bust of Carl Linnaeus unveiled at Chelsea Flower Show
2008 – Centerary Bust of Ian Fleming in world-wide tour with Bonhams Auction House
2009 – Life-sized Statue of the Young Charles Darwin unveiled by HRH Prince Philip
2009 – Short-listed for the Marsh Award for Best Public Sculpture of the Year
2009 – Darwin Bust unveiled at Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge
2009 – Elected as an Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
2009-10 – Circumnavigation of the World on board the tall ship Stad Amsterdam
2011 – Finalist, BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year
2011 – Awarded Shackleton Scholarship (Falkland Islands)
2011 – Short-listed, BBC Travel Writer of the Year Award
Anthony is an Associate Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. He lives and works in Amsterdam and his sculptures are exhibited by the Gallerie des Beaux Arts, Netherlands.
Anthony Smith was born in Glasgow in 1984, but grew up in the Middle East, returning to the UK at the age of eight. He began his sculpting career whist still at school – exhibiting his first wildlife bronzes in a Mayfair Gallery in London at the age of just eighteen.
After completing a degree in Zoology at Cambridge University in 2005 he has since developed an impressive career as an artist; with a range of public and private commissions, and works in private collections around the world.
Anthony is largely self-taught, drawing much of his inspiration from studies of the animaliers such as Bugatti and Pompon, and the masters of the human form; Rodin, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and Jules Dalou. He sees each new subject as a challenge to adapt and develop his approach and techniques in a way that will best reflect his feelings towards that subject. Anthony has travelled widely, studying and photographing wildlife all around the world, and these form the basis for much of his work.
During 2009-10 he spent eight months as Ship’s Artist and Photographer on board the tall ship the ‘Stad Amsterdam’, re-sailing the Voyage of the Beagle for a documentary series by the Dutch TV broadcaster VPRO. (Charles Darwin has been a hero of Anthony’s since he was a teenager, and he is currently writing a book about the Voyage of the Beagle). Sailing around the world has had a great impact upon Anthony and now provides a great inspiration for his work.
His next trip is a month-long visit to the Falkland Island, during which he will be teaching sculpture in Stanley and studying the wildlife for future works.
Contact
Email:
anthonysmithart AT gmail DOT com
Phone:
+31 6440 999 65
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- Sir Winston Churchill