Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007

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Birth 1910-03-20
Death 2007-09-06
Americans,

Biographical notes:

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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