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 John L. Tancock, 1970 July 28
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to John L. Tancock.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to John Maxon, 1973 January 11
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to John Maxon, Vice President for Collections and Exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to John Russell, 1969 September 10
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to John Russell.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to John Tancock and Arturo Schwarz, 1970 July 13-28
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to John Tancock and Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to L. Sterling Heins, 1972 March 7
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to L. Sterling Heins.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Luigi Mallè, 1972 October 13
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Luigi Mallè, Director of Associazione amici torinesi dell'arte contemporanea.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Maria Martins, 1969 April 3
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Maria Martins.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Maria Martins, 1969 April 3
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Maria Martins.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Michael B. Pollack, 1971 December 23
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Michael B. Pollack, Special Attorney for the Organized Crime Section of the Department of Justice.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Michael B. Pollack, 1972 January 4
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Michael B. Pollack, Special Attorney for the Organized Crime Section of the Department of Justice.