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 Paul Matisse, 1969 February 20
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Paul Matisse.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1975 June 9
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1975 December 5
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1976 January 8
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Pompidou.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1976 March 8
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Pompidou.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1976 July 5
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Pompidou.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1976 September 21
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Pompidou.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Pontus Hultén, 1976 October 27
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Pontus Hultén, Centre Pompidou.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Richard E. Oldenburg, 1973 June 29
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Stella Yang, 1973 July 23
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Stella Yang.