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.
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Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Michael Botwinick, and P.T., 1973 June 21
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Michael Botwinick, Assistant Director for Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and P. T.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Carl Colozzi, Anne d'Harnoncourt, John Tancock, Joseph Rishel, Kneeland McNulty, and Michael Botwinick, 1971 October 1
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Carl Colozzi, Anne d'Harnoncourt, John Tancock, Joseph Rishel, Kneeland McNulty, and Michael Botwinick.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Department Heads, 1969 June 30
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Department Heads.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee, 1969 July 29
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee about public reception of Étant donnés. Includes article "Art Notes: Duchamp Explodes a Myth" by Barbara Gold of the Baltimore Sun.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee, 1969 July 29
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee about public reception of Étant donnés.
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.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to George Cheston, 1973 January 29
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George Cheston, President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to George Howard, 1969 February 26
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to George Howard about bill from Paul Matisse for moving Étant donnés to Philadelphia.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to George Howard, 1969 February 26
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George Howard.
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Michael Botwinick, 1971 December 3
Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Michael Botwinick, Assistant Director for Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Includes preliminary budget estimates for Duchamp exhibition.
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