Stephen Little

Dr. Stephen Little, 2011

Dr. Stephen Little Ph.D. (born 1954) is an American Asian art scholar, museum administrator and artist.

Biography

Stephen Little's father was a linguist and cultural attaché for the government of the United States.[1] Little was raised in Indonesia, Cambodia, Burma, and Turkey, not living in the United States until age 11. He initially studied nuclear physics, but changed his major to Chinese art.[2] He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1975, an M.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1977, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1987. He held curatorial positions at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (1977–1982), the Cleveland Museum of Art (1987–1989), and the Honolulu Museum of Art (1989–1994). He held the Pritzker Curatorship of Asian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (1995–2002), prior to becoming Director of the Honolulu Museum of Art in 2003.[3] In 2011, Little left Hawaii to become department head and curator of Chinese and Korean art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Publications

Revelation, oil on canvas painting by Stephen Little, 18 x 24 in, 2010

Dr. Little as artist

Dr. Little has painted all his adult life. He currently works in a minimalist style strongly influenced by East Asian ink and wash painting, especially works by the 13th century Chan (Zen) painters Muqi and Yujian.[4] His acrylic on canvas painting titled 4.29.09 is in the collection of the Hawaii State Art Museum.[5]

References

  1. Kam, Nadine, International influence, Stephen Little brings a world of inspiration to Honolulu Academy of Arts, HILuxury, Vol. 3, Issue 5, Feb./Mar. 2010, p. 72
  2. Cook, Lynn, For viewers, artist’s ‘Ocean’ far from empty, Honolulu Advertiser, Nov. 29, 2009, p. D6
  3. Bartholomew, Terese Tse, John Johnston and Stephen Little, The Dragon's Gift, the Sacred Arts of Bhutan, Chicago, Serindia Publications, 2008, p. 379
  4. Dr. Little's biography
  5. Forbes, David W., He Makana, The Gertrude Mary Joan Damon Haig Collection of Hawaiian Art, Paintings and Prints, Hawaii State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, 2013, pp. 78-81

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