Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007
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Crite, Allan Rohan (American painter and illustrator, born 1910)
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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.
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.
Painter, illustrator; Boston, Mass.
Artist.
The artist was an acolyte at St. Augustine's Church when this watercolor was made.
This is one example of many urban contemporary Stations of the Cross Crite did throughout his career.
Two Dilworth Street was the artist's home.
Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007) was a painter and illustrator from Boston, Mass.
American artist.
Painter, printmaker; Massachusetts; d. 2007
Primarily religious artist and genre painter who treats African-American life.
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).
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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.
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