Turner, Evan H.

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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 452 Collections and/or Records:

Telephone message for Evan H. Turner from Art in America, 1969 June 25

Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50

Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_044

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Telephone message for Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from Art in America.

Dates: 1969 June 25

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / TUR, Evan H. Turner Records / Official correspondence and subject files / Official correspondence and subject files / Duchamp, Marcel: Étant donnés

Telephone message for Evan H. Turner from William N. Copley, 1969 June 24

Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50

Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_049

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Telephone message for Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from William N. Copley.

Dates: 1969 June 24

Telephone message for Evan H. Turner from William N. Copley, 1969 June 24

Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50

Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_050

Scope and Contents

Telephone message for Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from William N. Copley.

Dates: 1969 June 24

Telephone message from Arturo Schwarz for Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 9

Object — Box: 6, Folder: 22

Identifier: EDR_B006_F022_006

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Telephone message from Arturo Schwarz for Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 July 9

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / EDR, Étant donnés Curatorial Records / External inquiries and projects / Schwartz, Arturo

Telephone message from William Copley for Evan H. Turner, circa 1969

Object — Box: 7, Folder: 3

Identifier: EDR_B007_F003_004

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Telephone message from William Copley for Evan H. Turner.

Dates: circa 1969

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / EDR, Étant donnés Curatorial Records / Cassandra Foundation / Copley, Bill, to Evan Turner

The Courier-Post. "The crunch of those art exhibit openings", 1973 October 30

Object — Box: 15, Folder: 11

Identifier: MDE_B015_F011_012

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The Courier-Post. "The crunch of those art exhibit openings" by Edith DeShazo [copy].

Dates: 1973 October 30

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / MDE, Marcel Duchamp Exhibition Records / Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Marcel Duchamp," 1973 / Clippings / Philadelphia Museum of Art show

The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin. "Art Museum Reports Loss of 2 Paintings", 1971 April 19

Object — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Identifier: MDE_B001_F007_004

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"Art Museum Reports Loss of 2 Paintings" by Adolph Katz. Clipping from The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin.

Dates: 1971 April 19

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / MDE, Marcel Duchamp Exhibition Records / American Academy of Arts and Letters, [Duchamp Memorial Exhibition], 1970 / Clippings / Theft and recovery of Duchamp's paintings

Turner, Evan H., 2004

File — Box: 506, Folder: 13

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries currently is closed to researchers. File titles are subject to change when processing is finalized at a later date. Under d'Harnoncourt's direction, the museum continued to envision grander goals that would enhance the visitor's experience and allow the institution to better serve its diverse community. It seems only fitting that this last subseries should document the initiation of the most transforming project for the museum's iconic neo-classical "triumph on...

Dates: 2004

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / ADH, Anne d'Harnoncourt Records / Names and subjects / Names and subjects

Turner, Evan H., 1987-1991, undated

File — Box: 56, Folder: 22

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The first major fundraising campaign d'Harnoncourt oversaw as director was the Landmark Renewal Fund, originally planned to run from 1986 to 1991. The goal of the campaign was to raise $50 million for endowment increases, building improvements and a bridge fund to support operations until the new endowments began generating income. Later in the campaign, the goal was increased another $10 million to fund a major overhaul of the Museum's European art collection. According to later press...

Dates: 1987-1991, undated

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / ADH, Anne d'Harnoncourt Records / Names and subjects / Names and subjects

Turner, Evan H. "The Earles' Galleries exhibition of 1896." [publication unidentified]. Photocopy, undated

File — Box: 21, Folder: 51

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Periodical writings about Thomas Eakins's life and work are the major elements of this subseries. In addition to Alan Burroughs's 1924 catalog for the Arts magazine, which Goodrich often referenced in his research of Eakins, there are several writings each by noted Eakins scholars, Gordon Hendricks and William Inness Homer. Another contributing writer to this subseries is a student of Eakins, Charles Bregler, who later compiled a major collection of his teacher's works....

Dates: undated

Found in: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives / LEG, Lloyd and Edith Havens Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art, Record of Works by Thomas Eakins / Reference / Articles

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