Allan Rohan Crite was a prolific artist whose eye for detail captured the pulse of the African-American community living in Boston’s South End nearly a century ago. Mr. Crite’s depictions of everyday life provide a visual history set within a landscape that has since changed dramatically. Children playing street games, neighbors chatting on porch stoops, and people coming and going to work, to school, or most anywhere provide glimpses into days gone by.

Equally captivating are Mr. Crite’s ecclesiastical pieces often set amidst the backdrop of Boston’s skyline or even on city subways.  Dubbed as the Dean of African-Artists in New England, Allan Crite received numerous accolades and awards for his work which can be viewed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian, Washington, DC, the Boston Atheneum, the Boston Public Library, the Phillips Collection, Washington,  DC, and many other galleries throughout the world. 

To view more of Mr. Crite's works, please note the "play" button and links listed below.

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Biography by Edmund Barry Gaither, Director, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
(Permission pending)

Interview with Byron Rushing, Massachusetts House of Representative, 1983-2019
Artist Gets Home in South End History. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szbPERnKEBs