The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Allan Crite

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Allan Crite

2/12/2001

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.018

Painter Allan Crite (1910 - 2007 ) was a Works Progress Administration artist during the 1930s. Crite's works often explored religious themes that emphasized non-European aspects of the Bible and general African American experiences. Crite's works were housed in the Museum of Modern Art, Phillips Collection, Corcoran Gallery, National Cathedral, Smithsonian Institute, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. Crite was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 2/12/2001, in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 3; Total Run Time: 01h 33m 06s

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Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007

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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...