ALLAN ROHAN CRITE(1910- ) My intention in the neighborhood paintings and some drawings was to show aspects of life in the city with special reference to the use of the terminology "black" people ... I was an artist-reporter, recording what I saw.
"SCHOOL'S OUT " 1936, OIL
During the late 1930's Crite concentrated on religious themes. Porter in Modern Negro Art referred to Crite as "a versatile craftsman who lately has turned to the illustration of Negro spirituals in the pictorial terms of the Italian Primitives ... " His works were largely in pen and ink and lithography.
Crite was born in Plainfield, N.J., but grew up in Boston. He attendedthe Masschusetts School of Art, and between 1929 and 1935, the school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, studying under Charles H. Woodbury. He later attended Harvard University and was awarded degrees from both institutions. He exhibited his works with the HARMON FOUNDATION in 1930. His illustrations appeared inOpportunity, The Crisis and Survey Graphic magazines. He worked for the WPA in 1933 and 1934.
Solo exhibitions were mounted at the Grace Horne Galley in 1943, the Margaret Bronw Gallery in 1949, and the Boston Athenaeum in 1949, and in 1971, he donated many of his paintings to The Athenaeum.
OTHER WORKS BY THIS ARTIST:
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (illustrated book)
All Glory (illustrated book)
Is It Nothing To You? (illustrated book)
Three Spirituals From Earth To Heaven (illustrated book)
OTHER WORKS BY THIS ARTIST:
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