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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Duchamp exhibition to close on December 9 press release, circa 1973
Duchamp exhibition to close on December 9 press release from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Germantown Courier. "Duchamp show continued", 1973 November 29
Germantown Courier. "Duchamp show continued" [copy].
Internal memorandum about status of Duchamp investigation, 1970 April 17
Internal memorandum about status of Duchamp investigation.
Invoice for Duchamp bulletins to be sent to Barnet Hodes, 1969 July 22
Invoice for Duchamp bulletins to be sent to Barnet Hodes.
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 25
Memorandum from Anne D'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 25
Memorandum from Anne D'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner, 1969 April 14
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curatorial Assistant for Paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director.
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 25
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curatorial Assistant for Paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director.
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner, 1977 March 9
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator for 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner and Dorothy Hanbury, circa 1976-1977
Memorandum from Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator for 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Dorothy Hanbury, Rights and Reproductions Department.
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