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 Michael Botwinick to E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., 1973 February 26
Correspondence from Michael Botwinick, Assistant Director for Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes exhibition budget.
Draft correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Richard E. Oldenburg to Louis Aragon, circa 1973
Draft correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to Louis Aragon.
Draft correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Alexina Duchamp and William Copley, undated
Draft correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Alexina Duchamp and William Copley.
Drafts of correspondence from Evan H. Turner and Richard E. Oldenburg to John Maxon, circa 1972-1973
Drafts of correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to John Maxon, Vice President for Collections and Exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee, 1969 July 3-7
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee with letter from George Culler about his reaction to seeing Étant donnés.
Packet of correspondence and documents related to Huntington T. Block Insurance, 1969
Packet of correspondence and documents related to Huntington T. Block Insurance.