Collections & Research Staff
Robert Little
Mona Campbell Curator of European Decorative
Arts
In the Department of World Cultures, Robert Little is the Mona Campbell Curator of European Decorative Art at the Royal Ontario Museum. Currently he dedicates his time developing the permanent collection of 20th Century Decorative Arts for the future Gallery of 20th Century Design, part of Renaissance ROM.
Before arriving at the ROM in 2003, Mr. Little was with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) for over 20 years, where he was the Curator of Non-Canadian Decorative Arts and Acting Curator of Antiquities, Asian Art, Islamic Art, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art. While there, he curated over 30 exhibitions and secured grants from the Getty Trust and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
Presently Mr. Little is writing a book on the homes and collections of Mr. J. W. McConnell, a Montreal financier and philanthropist who established Canada’s largest family foundation. The book contextualizes the McConnell homes within the Canadian and North American culture and architecture. Mr. Little is uncovering new information about the architects and designers who created these houses, and the fine and decorative art collections which filled each room.
Publications
| 2005 | Alastair Duncan. Style: Masterworks from the Bernard and Sylvia Ostry Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum. Royal Ontario Museum. Contributions by Ross Fox, Peter Kaellgren, Robert Little, Brian Musselwhite. |
| 1999 | Collection Ernest Cormier Les chemins de la mémoire, Tome III. Commission des Biens Culturelles of Québec. |
| 1992 | Oriental Export Porcelain (Exhibition Catalogue). Montreal Museum of Fine Art. |
| 1991 | William Morris and His Circle in Canadian Collections. “Ceremics” The Earthly Paradise: Arts and Crafts (Exhibition Catalogue). Art Gallery of Ontario. |
| 1990 | 1418, Avenue des Pins, La Maison Cormier and the European Context. Journal of Canadian Art History/Annales de l'Histoire de l'Art Canadien, Volumes XIII/ XIV/ pp. 109-134. |
| 1989 | The Tokugawa Collection: The Japan of the Shoguns (Exhibition Catalogue). Ed. Robert Little. Montreal Museum of Fine Art. |
Galleries
Samuel European Galleries
ROM Images
Europe
Podcasts
Casa Del Fascio (House of Fascism)
November 03, 2006
Curator Robert Little discusses a project drawing for the House of Fascism, designed by Giuseppe Terragni
in the early 1930s. The item is currently on display in Italian Arts & Design.
Video Podcast (4 MB, 4m 48s)
Contact Information
Department of World Cultures
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
M5S 2C6
t 416.586.5691
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Commode unidentified designer and manufacturer, Paris France, 1920s-1930s. Made of macassar ebony with ivory trim. Gift of Bernard and Sylvia Ostry 989.315.16
Detail of commode 989.315.16
