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 Huntington T. Block, 1969 February 20
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Huntington T. Block.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Irène Bizot, 1977 May 16
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Irène Bizot, Chef du Services des Expositions Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to James Trower, 1970 August 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to James Trower, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to James Trower, 1970 August 6
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to James Trower, Supervisor for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Chatelain, 1967 February 2
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Jean Chatelain, Director of the Museums of France.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman, 1969 June 27
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman, 1969 June 27
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman, 1969 June 27
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Jean Lipman, Editor for Art in America.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman, 1969 June 27
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Jean Lipman.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to John B. Hightower, 1971 April 13
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to John B. Hightower, Director of the Museum of Modern Art.