JOHN LITTLE RCA 'CONFEDERATION SQUARE OTTAWA' 1967

JOHN GEOFFREY CARUTHERS LITTLE (CANADIAN, 1928�2024) OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED "JOHN LITTLE" LOWER RIGHT, INSCRIBED "SKETCH / VIEW OF EAST BLOCK / CONFEDERATION SQUARE / OTTAWA / JOHN LITTLE / '67" VERSO A WINTER STREET SCENE WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG A SNOW-COVERED CONFEDERATION SQUARE TOWARD PARLIAMENT HILL'S EAST BLOCK IN OTTAWA WHILE JOHN LITTLE IS PRIMARILY CELEBRATED FOR HIS CHRONICLING OF HISTORIC MONTREAL AND QUEBEC CITY NEIGHBOURHOODS, WORKS DEPICTING OTTAWA STREETSCAPES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IN HIS OEUVRE AND HIGHLY COVETED BY CANADIAN COLLECTORS. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO 8 X 10 IN 14.25 X 16.25 IN FRAMED JOHN GEOFFREY CARUTHERS LITTLE (1928�2024), RCA, WAS ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST URBAN CHRONICLERS. TRAINED AT THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK UNDER WILL BARNET AND FRANK REILLY, LITTLE RETURNED TO MONTREAL TO CAPTURE THE RAW, VIBRANT LIFE OF HISTORIC WORKING-CLASS DISTRICTS UNDERGOING RAPID MODERN REDEVELOPMENT. CELEBRATED FOR HIS MASTERFUL DRAFTING, DOCUMENTARY INTEGRITY, AND COLD-WEATHER PALETTES, HIS WORKS WERE CHAMPIONED BY WATSON GALLERIES AND WALTER KLINKHOFF GALLERY, AND ARE PERMANENTLY PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, AND THE MCCORD STEWART MUSEUM.