Current view
St. Matthew (Oldfield Ave) Street at Dorchester, Montreal, 1969
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm
40.6 x 50.8 cm
This painting is presently on view at our Toronto gallery
$9,500
Inscriptions
signed, ‘JOHN/ LITTLE’ (lower right); titled, signed and dated, ‘St. MATTHEW (OLDFIELD AVE) at DORCHESTER MONTREAL JOHN/ LITTLE ‘69’ (verso, upper horizontal stretcher)Provenance
Artist
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal
Private collection, Montreal
The house, originally built for Olivier Faucher, in the middle ground on the left, is in the Romanesque Revival style of the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Built in 1895, it is a fine example of fine built architectural heritage demolished as urban renewal in Montreal. See its replacement. The Ontario Legislature and the Toronto City Hall were built in the same architectural influence.
The artist, John Little, was of the opinion that some of our important built heritage could be repurposed instead of demolished. It was the very year that the Faucher house was demolished that Montreal’s Van Horne Mansion was also demolished. This was the catalyst to an organized heritage movement in the city.
The artist, John Little, was of the opinion that some of our important built heritage could be repurposed instead of demolished. It was the very year that the Faucher house was demolished that Montreal’s Van Horne Mansion was also demolished. This was the catalyst to an organized heritage movement in the city.
