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Allan Rohan Crite

Allan Rohan Crite (1910 - 2007) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New Jersey.  Allan Crite is known for Black-American street genre, prints.

African-American painter Allan Rohan Crite was born on March 20, 1910 in North Plainfield, New Jersey, but moved in infancy with his family to Boston, Massachusetts.  He was encouraged by his mother in the pursuit of art; his upbringing stressed education and religion.  He graduated from English High School in 1929 and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1936, in addition to private study in the libraries, galleries, and museums of Boston.  In 1968 he received a B.A. degree from Harvard University Extension School and has been awarded a number of honorary degrees.

Crite's oil paintings, watercolors, prints and drawings recorded the people, architecture, and daily activities of African Americans in Boston's Roxbury and South End districts during the 1930s and 1940sthe parades, games, conversations, work, and spirit of a past era.  According to Crite, "I've only done one piece of work in my whole life and I am still at it. I wanted to paint people of color   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3461 characters.]  Artist bio

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