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 456 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 1
Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 1
Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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 Bernard Karpel to Evan H. Turner, 1973 September 26
Correspondence from Bernard Karpel to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from between Evan H. Turner and Lloyd C. Minter, 1974 May
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Lloyd C. Minter.
Correspondence from Blanchette Rockefeller to George Cheston, 1973 September 21
Correspondence from Blanchette Rockefeller to George Cheston, President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Caroline G. Griffith to John Russell, 1973 August 17
Correspondence from Caroline G. Griffith, Executive Secretary at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to John Russell, The Sunday Times.
Correspondence from Charles C. Cunningham to Evan H. Turner, 1971 March 31
Correspondence from Charles C. Cunningham, Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Cleve Gray to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 15
Correspondence from Cleve Gray, Art in America, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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