Jean Palardy OC GOQ (1905 – November 28, 1991)[1] was a French-Canadian painter, art historian, ethnologist and filmmaker.
Palardy and Smith were both members of the League for Social Reconstruction, with his interest in French Canadian rural life influenced by his political beliefs.
Artist Jack Humphrey stayed with Palardy and his wife, Jori Smith, while living briefly in Montreal, with the three of them in poverty, supporting themselves during the winter of 1933 by painting matchboxes.
[3] He was responsible for the interior design of the Hôtel Le Chantecler [fr] in Quebec's Laurentian region in 1939.
[2] He joined the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1941 and over 19 years directed a number of short films there including The Rising Tide, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject at the 22nd Academy Awards.