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 281 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 July 3
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George B. Clothier.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 June 24
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George B. Clothier. Includes draft memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 June 9
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George B. Clothier. Includes correspondence from Barnet Hodes.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 June 24
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier, 1969 June 9
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George B. Clothier. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Cheston, 1969 January 28
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George Cheston.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Culler, 1969 July 7
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Culler.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Culler, 1969 July 7
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George Culler, President of the Philadelphia College of Art.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Heard Hamilton, 1971 September 15
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George Heard Hamilton, Director of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Includes letter to John Hightower.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Marcus, 1973 August 24
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to George Marcus.
Filtered By
- Subject: Philadelphia, United States X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- correspondence 186
- memorandums 50
- notes 25
- clippings (information artifacts) 11
- New York City, United States 6
- telegrams 4
- Paris, France 3
- agreements 3
- press releases 3
- Chicago, United States 2
- Milan, Italy 2
- Washington D.C., United States 2
- exhibition catalogues 1
- invoices 1
- museum records 1
- photographic prints 1
- writings (documents) 1 ∧ less