Turner, Evan H.

Person

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Biography

Evan H. Turner (born 1927), an art historian and scholar, was the Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from 1964 to 1978, leading the Museum through a period of significant growth and transformation. He created new art departments for American and 20th Century Art, and the innovative Department of Urban Outreach (DUO) to promote art across the City of Philadelphia. These progressive activities were matched by a groundbreaking exhibition in 1973, the Marcel Duchamp retrospective, which drew upon significant scholarship and assembled virtually the entire oeuvre of one of the most important artists represented in the Museum. In 1975, Turner led the Museum in a major construction project to install a new climate control system in the building, and in 1976, he helped plan the United States’ Bicentennial and the PMA’s Centennial celebrations. Turner was an active member of a number of professional organizations, as well as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Correspondence from Cleve Gray to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 15

Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50

Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_104

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Cleve Gray, Art in America, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1969 February 15

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / TUR, Evan H. Turner Records / Official correspondence and subject files / Official correspondence and subject files / Duchamp, Marcel: Étant donnés

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