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 53 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from John Canaday to Evan H. Turner, 1973 November 7
Correspondence from John Canaday, New York Times, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from John Coplans to Evan H. Turner, 1973 September 13
Correspondence from John Coplans, Editor for Artforum, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from John Russell to Evan H. Turner, 1973 October 8
Correspondence from John Russell, Museum of Modern Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1967 January 29
Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Michael B. Pollack to Evan H. Turner, 1971 December 29
Correspondence from Michael B. Pollack, Special Attorney for the Organized Crime Section of the Department of Justice, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Patricia Zohn to Evan H. Turner, 1975 June 13
Correspondence from Patricia Zohn, Artistic Department for the Ambassade de France, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Richard E. Oldenburg to Evan H. Turner, 1974 October 18
Correspondence from Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Richard L. Palmer to Michael Botwinick, 1974 November 4
Correspondence from Richard L. Palmer, Coordinator of Exhibitions for the Museum of Modern Art, to Michael Botwinick, Director of the Brooklyn Museum. Includes note to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Richard L. Palmer to Michael Botwinick, 1972 May 18
Correspondence from Richard L. Palmer, Coordinator of Exhibitions for the Museum of Modern Art, to Michael Botwinick, Assistant Director for Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Includes minutes from meeting on 1972 May 12 about Marcel Duchamp exhibition.
Correspondence from Susan Halper to Evan H. Turner, 1973 September 24
Correspondence from Susan Halper, Administrative Assistant the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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