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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Philadelphia Magazine. "Column B", 1973 November
Philadelphia Magazine. "Column B" by Joan Kron [copy].
Published version of Marcel Duchamp exhibition checklist, 1973
Published version of Marcel Duchamp exhibition checklist.
Suburban & Wayne Times. "Duchamp exhibition extended", 1973 November 29
Suburban & Wayne Times. "Duchamp exhibition extended" [copy].
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French", 1977 February 13
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French" by Edith DeShazo [copy].
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French", 1977 February 13
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French" by Edith DeShazo [copy].
Telegram from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1970 July 29
Telegram from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Telegram from Evan H. Turner to Peter Graham Harnden, 1969 January 28
Telegram from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Peter Graham Harnden.
Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 25
Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés.
Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 26
Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés.
Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 26
Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés [annotated photocopy].
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