John Little Artist and Archive

07/01/2026

John Little, Little Hockey Players
huile sur toile marouflée/oil on canvas board, 10 x 16 in (25.4 x 40.6 cm)
1962



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06/27/2026

How a community of citizen archivists brought John Little's photographic archive to life. Over five months, nearly one thousand identifications were submitted — pinpointing locations, dates, and historical context to photographs that had carried almost none.

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How a community of citizen archivists brought John Little's photographic archive to life. Over five months, nearly one thousand identifications were submitted…

04/26/2026

In case you missed it — The John Little Archive was featured in the Westmount Independent. Huge thanks to Veronica Redgrave and the Westmount Independent for telling the story.

Explore the archive → klinkhoff.art/john-little/archive

🖼 John Little, Thornhill Ave, Westmount between Church Hill and Argyle.
📸 Murray Hill Park, January 1966
📸 Murray Hill Park, circa 1975
📸 View of downtown Montreal from Westmount in April 1965.jpg

04/17/2026

John Little, St. John's Church, Lunenburg, N.S.
Huile sur toile // oil on canvas, 18 × 24 in, 45.7 × 61.0 cm
Painted in 1982
Archives John Little: M151-L8-8998

On view at Cowley Abbott, Toronto (cowleyabbott.ca)

04/14/2026

Voici le Square Dorchester à Montréal vers 1958. On y aperçoit le monument aux héros de la guerre des Boers, avec la gare Windsor en arrière-plan.
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Dorchester Square, Montreal (circa 1958). Featured here is the Boer War Memorial with Windsor Station in the background.

Archives John Little M69-L4-2487

https://klinkhoff.art/john-little/archive/photographs/M69-L4-2487

View "M69-L4-2487 (circa 1958)" from the John Little Archive, circa circa 1958, curated by Craig Klinkhoff.

03/23/2026

From CBC News this weekend: The pictures that inspired the artist John Little for his paintings captured Montreal’s raw side.

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After the painter’s death in 2024, Montreal art dealer Craig Klinkhoff recovered pictures from Little’s personal archive. The pictures inspired the artist fo...

03/14/2026

John Little, Levis from Quebec
huile sur toile / oil on canvas, 29 ⅛ x 35 in (74 x 88.9 cm)
1959

Collection Affaires mondiales Canada // Collection Global Affairs Canada

Archive: https://klinkhoff.art/john-little/archive/photographs/M197-L6-7625

03/14/2026

📰 Radio-Canada vient de publier un reportage sur John Little — les archives, les photographies, l’histoire.—> Klinkhoff.Art

03/14/2026

Nous sommes heureux de partager un reportage de René Saint-Louis, journaliste à Radio-Canada, consacré au peintre montréalais John Little — et plus précisément aux archives et aux photographies qui témoignent de sa vie et de son œuvre.

https://klinkhoff.art/news/un-reportage-de-ren-saint-louis-sur-radio-canada-a-radio-canada-feature-on-the-archive

We are pleased to share that journalist René Saint-Louis of Radio-Canada has published a feature article on John Little, focusing on his archive and photographs.

03/12/2026

John Little, 1928-2024
Rue Logan Looking East to Rue Champlain
Huile sur toile // oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in, 30.5 x 45.7 cm

Archives John Little: M54-L7-1515
https://klinkhoff.art/john-little/archive/photographs/M54-L7-1515