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 186 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Cleve Gray, 1969 February 11
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Cleve Gray, Art in America.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Cleve Gray, 1969 February 11
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Cleve Gray.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Daniel Lynch, 1970 August 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Daniel Lynch, Special Attorney for the United States Strike Force of the Eastern District of New York.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Daniel Lynch, 1970 August 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Daniel Lynch, Special Attorney for the United States Strike Force of the Eastern District of New York.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Donald Mason, 1970 August 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Donald Mason, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Donald Mason, 1972 March 9
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Donald Mason, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Donald Mason, 1970 August 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Donald Mason, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Donald Mason, 1971 December 23
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Donald Mason, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 July 3
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George B. Clothier.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 June 24
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George B. Clothier. Includes draft memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.