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 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 January 30
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 5
Correspondence from William Copley to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 8
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1939 March
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1970 April 14
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, 1969 January 30
Correspondence from William N. Copley to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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.
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 Carl Morse to Charles Hesse, 1972 October 26
Correspondence from Carl Morse, Acting Director of Publications for the Museum of Modern Art, to Charles Hesse.
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