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1910 Plainfield, New Jersey - 2007 Boston, Massachusetts. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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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.
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