Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007

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Crite, Allan Rohan (American painter and illustrator, born 1910)

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The sketchbook was produced during a residency at the Museum of Afro-American History in Boston, Mass.

From the description of An artist's sketchbook of the South End [graphic] : a walking tour about black people / Allan Rohan Crite. 1977. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 44996367

Painter and illustrator, of Boston, Mass.; b. in Plainfield, N.J.; the Circuit Case Extension Cooperative, founded 1937, was a project bringing original art and cultural material to southern Negro colleges.

From the description of Allan Rohan Crite photographic material, 1935-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227148536

Painter, illustrator; Boston, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interviews with Allan Rohan Crite, 1979 Jan. 16-1980 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83293406

Artist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Allan Rohan Crite : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731019

The artist was an acolyte at St. Augustine's Church when this watercolor was made.

From the description of An incident at mass [graphic] / Allan Rohan Crite. 1940. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 44845882

This is one example of many urban contemporary Stations of the Cross Crite did throughout his career.

From the description of Surely he hath borne our griefs [graphic] / Allan Rohan Crite. 1948. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 44864420

Two Dilworth Street was the artist's home.

From the description of Fruit and snow [graphic] : from my window at 2 Dilworth St. / Allan Rohan Crite. Jan. 1940. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 44815069

Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007) was a painter and illustrator from Boston, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Allan Rohan Crite, 1979 Jan. 16-1980 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394204

American artist.

From the description of Letter, 1961 Dec. 2, Boston, to Walter Muir Whitehill. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166330136

Painter, printmaker; Massachusetts; d. 2007

Primarily religious artist and genre painter who treats African-American life.

From the description of Allan Rohan Crite papers, 1930-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83609062

Artist, librarian;

born North Plainfield, N.J., 1910; resident of Boston 1910- , graduate of Boston Museum of Fine Arts school, Harvard University (B.A., Extension).

From the description of Excerpts from series of essays ; Random commentaries / Allan R. Crite. 1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 236091687

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Artist Allan Crite was born in New Jersey on March 20, 1910. His family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, shortly thereafter. Crite's mother, poet Annamae, encouraged her young son to draw as a means of keeping him busy. Crite's work attracted the attention of his fifth-grade teacher, who suggested he enroll in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts' Children's Art School. Crite credited his mother and teacher as the strongest influences in his life.

After graduating from high school in 1929, he won a scholarship to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Crite spent a year as a Works Projects Administration artist in the 1930s. In 1940, Crite took a job as an engineering draftsman with the Boston Naval Shipyard, where he sketched ships and illustrated machines at Boston Yard for thirty years.

Crite's work can be categorized into three basic themes: Negro spirituals, religious themes that emphasize non-European aspects of the Bible and general African American experiences. He always used his art to teach, for both religious and historical reasons. Crite contributed to the African American art scene in Boston by creating the Artist's Collective, a forum for emerging African American artists.

Crite was a prolific artist and his work can be found in the Museum of Modern Art, Phillips Collection, Corcoran Gallery, National Cathedral, Smithsonian Institute, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Museum of Fine Arts. He authored several books, received numerous honorary degrees and lectured widely.

Crite passed away on September 6, 2007 at the age of 97.

From The HistoryMakers™ biography: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.018

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