About Jori Smith

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Marjorie Jori Elizabeth Thurston Smith
  • Biography

    Jori Smith CM, LL.D, RCA, CAS, EGP (1907 - 2005)

    Jori Smith (AKA: Marjorie Smith) was an important Canadian painter and draughtswoman. A follower of the School of Paris*, early in her career she created some of Canada's most advanced art. Hundreds of her paintings and drawings are in the permanent collections of Canadian museums. (1)

    She was born in Montreal, Quebec, lived there or in its environs most of her life and died there. (2)

    Her mediums were oil, watercolor, pastel, pencil, colored pencil, felt pen, ballpoint pen, charcoal, brush and ink, pen and ink, and mixed mediums. Her subjects were portraits, nudes, figures, still life, interiors, landscapes, street scenes, cityscapes, French...

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