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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Correspondence from John Golding [?] to Evan H. Turner, 1971 November 2
Correspondence from John Golding [?] to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Includes budget for Art Council's Duchamp exhibition.
Correspondence from John Russell to Evan H. Turner, 1969 September 4
Correspondence from John Russell to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from John Russell to Evan H. Turner, 1973 August 14
Correspondence from John Russell, The Sunday Times, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from John Russell to Evan H. Turner, 1973 October 8
Correspondence from John Russell, Museum of Modern Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Ken-ichi Kinokuni to Evan H. Turner, 1979 June 29
Correspondence from Ken-ichi Kinokuni, Director of Seibu Bijutsukan, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from L. Sterling Heins to Evan H. Turner, 1972 February 3
Correspondence from L. Sterling Heins to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Luigi Mallè to Evan H. Turner, 1972 September 18
Correspondence from Luigi Mallè, Director of Associazione amici torinesi dell'arte contemporanea, 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 Marcel Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1967 January 29
Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Maria Martins to Evan H. Turner, 1969 April 15
Correspondence from Maria Martins to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Includes transcript of letter.
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