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 The New York Times to Evan H. Turner, 1969 September 10
Correspondence from The New York Times to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from Thomas M. Messer to Evan H. Turner, 1970 September 11
Correspondence from Thomas M. Messer, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Thomas M. Messer to Evan H. Turner, 1970 September 11
Correspondence from Thomas M. Messer, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from William Copley to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1969 March 27
Correspondence from William Copley to Anne D'Harnoncourt.
Correspondence from William Copley to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1973 May 16
Correspondence from William Copley to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 5
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 8
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 8
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 27
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 5
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner.
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