John Little RCA (February 20, 1928 – October 29, 2024)[1] was a Canadian artist, known as the chronicler of the urban heritage of his home city of Montreal in oils.
After studying at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and with the Art Students League of New York (where he met Ray Bailley and helped to illustrate the Bruce Gentry comic strip), Little joined Luke & Little, his family's architectural practice in 1951, working as a draftsman.
[4] After his marriage in 1953 he made painting his primary profession, and showed his work at the Watson Art Gallery.
Besides painting, he illustrated covers for Maclean's Magazine.
[3][5][6] His work is held in many public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery at Concordia University, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.