Turner, Evan H.
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 15 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 October 24
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from Bernard Dorival to Evan H. Turner, 1966 November 8
Correspondence from Bernard Dorival, Conservateur du Musée national d'art moderne, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Bernard Dorival to Evan H. Turner, 1966 December 12
Correspondence from Bernard Dorival, Conservateur du Musée national d'art moderne, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Malitte Matta to Michael E. Hoffman, 1975 January 23
Correspondence from Malitte Matta, Centre Beaubourg, to Michael E. Hoffman, Curator for the Alfred Stieglitz Center at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1975 December 8
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1975 March 17
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1975 May 27
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1975 December 19
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1976 April 12
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1976 December 15
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Pompidou, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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