Jori Smith
Little Girl in Blue
Artist
Jori Smith
Montreal 1907 – Westmount, Quebec, 2005
Title
Little Girl in Blue
Date
1947
Materials
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.2 x 51.5 cm
Credits
Gift of Dr. Max Stern, inv. 1984.2
Collection
Quebec and Canadian Art
In this portrait of a girl, Jori Smith’s usual rendering in her works of children’s natural poses becomes almost hieratic, and the motifs she was fond of, likely inspired by her association with Alfred Pellan, form a grid covering the surface of the painting with vivid colours.
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