Allan Rohan Crite

“I was an artist-reporter, recording what I saw,” said Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007), whose captivating paintings depict daily life in the Black community of Boston’s South End and Roxbury neighborhoods during the 1930s and ’40s. 

When guests walk into Gov. Maura Healey’s office in the State House, they will now be greeted by two new paintings by local Black artists.