Jori Smith, CM (1907-2005) was a key figure in the 1930s in initiating Canada's modernist art movement. Her early training was at the Art Association of Montreal where she studied under Randolph Hewton in 1922. Subsequently her studies took her to the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in 1938 she became the only woman member of the Eastern Group of Painters. She was known for her landscapes and portraits of children painted in Charlevoix county in the 1930s and 1940s.

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  • Jori Smith, CM (1907-2005) was a key figure in the 1930s in initiating Canada's modernist art movement. Her early training was at the Art Association of Montreal where she studied under Randolph Hewton in 1922. Subsequently her studies took her to the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in 1938 she became the only woman member of the Eastern Group of Painters. She was known for her landscapes and portraits of children painted in Charlevoix county in the 1930s and 1940s. She married Jean Palardy in 1930, and spent much of the following decade in the Baie Saint-Paul area with Palardy, himself a painter film-maker and antique expert. She was a founding member of the Contemporary Art Society, and her works were included in the exhibitions of the Art Association of Montreal. In 1998 she published Charlevoix County, 1930, based largely on an early manuscript of her memories of the people that she painted in the 1930s in rural Quebec. In 2002, Jori Smith was appointed a member of the Order of Canada. Her works are held in museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, and the National Archives of Canada.
  • Jori (Marjorie) Smith (1 janvier 1907 - 12 novembre 2005) était une artiste peintre. Dans les années 30, elle vivait dans la région de Charlevoix et a documenté son expérience dans un livre: Charlevoix County, 1930. Ses portraits d'enfants et son observation du Québec rural de cette époque ont été faits avec sensibilité.
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  • Jori Smith, CM (1907-2005) was a key figure in the 1930s in initiating Canada's modernist art movement. Her early training was at the Art Association of Montreal where she studied under Randolph Hewton in 1922. Subsequently her studies took her to the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in 1938 she became the only woman member of the Eastern Group of Painters. She was known for her landscapes and portraits of children painted in Charlevoix county in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • Jori (Marjorie) Smith (1 janvier 1907 - 12 novembre 2005) était une artiste peintre. Dans les années 30, elle vivait dans la région de Charlevoix et a documenté son expérience dans un livre: Charlevoix County, 1930. Ses portraits d'enfants et son observation du Québec rural de cette époque ont été faits avec sensibilité.
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  • Jori Smith
  • Jori Smith
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