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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Books & Publications (29)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Allan Rohan Crite: Artist Reporter of the African American Community
2001
Caro, Julie Levin; P Thomas
64 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Eye of Duncan Phillips A Collection in the Making
1999
Passantino, Erika D (editor)
819 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
African American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
San Antonio Museum of Art
67 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art
1993
Perry, Regina A
203 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Social Concern and Urban Realism American Painting in the 1930s (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Hills, Patricia
96 pages
Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers
196 pages (color)
By the People, For the People New England (WPA artists) (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Sawyer, Charles
92 pages
Two Centuries of Black American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Driskell, David C
221 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Amistad II Afro-American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Driskell, David C
92 pages
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973
Jaques Cattell Press
927 pages
Social Studies: The Art of Black America, Part One
1970
Alston, Charles Henry; Romare Bearden; Allan Rohan Crite, et all
0 pages (color)
American Negro Art
1960
Dover, Cedric
186 pages (color)
The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1955
Hayes, Bartlett H Jr
112 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
Modern Negro Art
1943
Porter, James A
272 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index