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.
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Note from Evan H. Turner to Henry G. Gardiner, circa 1969 May 15
Note from Evan H. Turner to Henry G. Gardiner.
Note from Evan H. Turner to Henry G. Gardiner, circa 1969 April 15
Note from Evan H. Turner to Henry G. Gardiner.
Note from Gertrude Toomey to Evan H. Turner, 1970 July 30
Note from Gertrude Toomey, Registrar for the Philadelphia Museum of Art to Evan H. Turner, Director.
Note from Gertrude Toomey to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 6
Note from Gertrude Toomey, Registrar for the Philadelphia Museum of Art to Evan H. Turner, Director.
Note from Gertrude Toomey to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 6
Note from Gertrude Toomey to Evan H. Turner.
Note from M. K. to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 24
Note from M. K. to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Note from Theodore Siegl to Evan H. Turner, 1970
Note from Theodore Siegl to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Opening for Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973
Opening for Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo by Patrick Radebaugh.
Packet of correspondence and documents related to Huntington T. Block Insurance, 1969
Packet of correspondence and documents related to Huntington T. Block Insurance.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "Costly Paris Art Center Opens Amid Controversy", 1977 February 1
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "Costly Paris Art Center Opens Amid Controversy" by Nessa Forman.
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