John Little
“If we knock down all our old buildings… we’ll become a people without a past.”
Exploring John Little’s life, art, and legacy.
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Contribute to the Archive
Do you own a John Little painting? We invite you to submit details and images of your artwork. Our team will search the archive to pair your painting with original reference photographs, sketches, or documents from Little’s studio. Each submission helps enrich the collective understanding of his work and preserves this legacy for future generations.
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Biography
From sketching comic strips in NY to becoming one of the city’s foremost urban painters, John Little’s story is as much about life in Canada’s evolving neighborhoods as it is about a painter who made them his life’s work.
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John Little Archive Project by Craig Klinkhoff
The John Little Archive Project is dedicated to preserving and organizing archival materials related to the artistic legacy of John Little (1928–2024).
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Montréal's Heritage in Paint
June 20 – September 28, 2025 // The first-ever museum exhibition dedicated to the artist.
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John Little Bus Tour of Montréal
This unique tour, which took place on May 24, 2025 followed in Little's footsteps aboard an original STCUM GM New Look 1973 bus, visiting the locations that inspired his paintings.
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John Little Reappears on Law and Order
Among the works from this formative period was a painting of Atwater Market — known to the John Little Archive only from an old gallery ledger. Recently, it resurfaced in an unexpected place: Law & Order.
