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 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley, 1969 January-February
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley.
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley, 1969 January-February
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Alexina Duchamp to Arturo Schwarz, 1969 March 20-24
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Alexina Duchamp to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Richard E. Oldenburg to E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., 1972 November 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., Director of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Draft correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Richard E. Oldenburg to Louis Aragon, circa 1973
Draft correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to Louis Aragon.
Drafts of correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Richard E. Oldenburg to John Maxon, circa 1972-1973
Drafts of correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to John Maxon, Vice President for Collections and Exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago.