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JOHN LITTLE, R.C.A.

 
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Richmond St. at Grand Trunk, Pointe St. Charles, 2008
Oil on canvas 12" x 18"
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Skating Rink in Pointe St. Charles, 1996
Oil on canvas 10" x 14" (Sold)
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Outdoor Art Exhibition near Washington Square, New York, ca. 1950
Oil on masonite 26" x 36 1/2" (Sold)
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Corner Grocery store at Ste. Clotilde, Bourassa and Cote St. Paul, 2010
Oil on canvas 24" x 36" (Sold)
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Twilight, Sherbrooke Street at McTavish, 1964
Oil on masonite 9" x 12" (Sold)
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Cardinal's Palace, Quebec City, 1966
Oil on canvas 24" x 30" (Sold)
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John Little
A Boy's Christmas in Griffintown with Father Boyle Officiating, 1978
Oil on canvas 8" x 10" (Sold)
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John Little
Rue Logan vers Rue Plessis from 30 years ago, 2009
Oil on canvas 20" x 30" (Sold)
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John Little
Riverfront, St. Lawrence River with Schooner, 1969
Oil on canvas 36" x 48" (Sold)
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John Little
View from Mount Royal on a Winter Afternoon, 1965
Oil on panel 12" x 16" (Sold)
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John Little
Rue Drolet at Marie-Anne, Montreal, 1962
Oil on canvas 24" x 30" (Sold)
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The Young Players and their Rink, St. Henri, 1970
Oil on canvas 24" x 30" (Sold)
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John Little
La Gauchetiere Street at St. Dominique, Montreal, March, 1960
Oil on canvas board 12" x 16" (Sold)
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John Little
Grey Nun's School, rue des Glaces at McMahon, 1961
Oil on canvas 24" x 30" (Sold)
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John Little
Epicerie Faucher, Marché Champlain, Québec, 1960
Oil on panel 10" x 8" (Sold)
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John Little
Dufferin Terrace, Quebec, 1955
Oil on masonite 18" x 24" (Sold)
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John Little
Clark Street (looking south on the west side), 2007
Oil on canvas 12" x 18" (Sold)
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John Little
Hockey, rue d'Artillerie, Quebec, ca. 1961
Oil on canvas board 16" x 20" (Sold)
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John Little
St. Louis Square, Montreal, 1959
Oil on masonite 24" x 30" (Sold)
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John Little
Sherbrooke Street with Ritz Carlton, 1972
Oil on canvas 16" x 20" (Sold)
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Children Playing on The Corner of St. Urbain and Dorchester, 1955
Oil on masonite 28" x 22" (Sold)
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John Little
Manufacturers' Street, Pointe St. Charles, 2008
Oil on canvas 24" x 36" (Sold)
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John Little
Victoria and Burnside Street, Montreal, 1960
Oil on canvas 24" x 30" (Sold)
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John Little News
 
Exhibition: Important Canadian Art (13.Aug.10)
New Acquisition: John Little, R.C.A., Skating Rink in Pointe St. Charles, 1996 (7.Jul.10)
New Acquisition: John Little, R.C.A., Corner Grocery store at Ste. Clotilde, Bourassa and Cote St. Paul, 2010 (17.Jun.10)
Exhibition: Important Canadian Art (22.Apr.10)
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John Little Biography
 
   
 
John Little
 
Born in Montreal, Quebec on February 20, 1928, John Little studied for two years at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under Dr. Arthur Lismer and Goodridge Roberts. In 1947, Little moved to New York City to attend the Art Students’ League under Will Barnet and Frank J. Reilley. It was also there that in the spring of 1948 he got a job working under Ray Baillie on the now defunct comic strip "Bruce Gentry". Returning to Montreal in 1949, Little became a draftsman with his father’s architectural firm, Luke & Little while also attempting to do illustrations for the Montreal Star. In 1953 he married Lorraine and turned exclusively to painting. Little was greatly aided by William Watson, the Montreal art dealer who took a great interest in the artist's characterizations of Montreal, Quebec City and the outlying regions of Quebec. Watson exhibited them in his Montreal gallery where they ultimately won wide acclaim for Little. Upon the closing of Watson Galleries, the young artist began showing at Montreal’s Continental Galleries and at Galerie Walter Klinkhoff some two years later. In 1961, Little became an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Dorothy Pfeiffer, reviewing his work in 1964, noted;

"Those bemoaning the seemingly ruthless demolition of hundreds of Montreal’s gracious old-world homes and other buildings, the disappearance in the name of progress of various little nooks and parks, and the often callous disposal of dignified stone pillars and amusing cornices will gain nostalgic pleasures from John Little’s show, for he had dedicated his painting to the preservation of such items for posterity. …Three important qualities it certainly contains: assurance, individuality and artistic honesty."

Over his almost sixty years of painting, Little’s work has taken on an even greater significance in the context of Canadian art. He has celebrated the urban core, the neighbourhoods and the ethnic communities of the city centre that were devastated by the urban planners of the 1960s and then the development of the suburbs. Maintaining his focus, using for the most part Montreal and Quebec City as his painting place, and with consummate integrity John Little has become Canada’s premier urban painter. In 1973 he became a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He has painted covers for MacLean’s Magazine, and his paintings are in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Concordia University Collection of Art and private collections across the country. In addition, today, his paintings are among the most sought after of the artists of his generation in Canada. For over fifteen years, John Little’s current works have been exclusively available at Galerie Walter Klinkhoff.

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