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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Published version of Marcel Duchamp exhibition checklist, 1973
Published version of Marcel Duchamp exhibition checklist.
Suburban & Wayne Times. "Duchamp exhibition extended", 1973 November 29
Suburban & Wayne Times. "Duchamp exhibition extended" [copy].
Telegram from Evan H. Turner to Peter Graham Harnden, 1969 January 28
Telegram from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Peter Graham Harnden.
Telephone message for Evan H. Turner from Art in America, 1969 June 25
Telephone message for Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from Art in America.
Telephone message for Evan H. Turner from William N. Copley, 1969 June 24
Telephone message for Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from William N. Copley.
Telephone message for Evan H. Turner from William N. Copley, 1969 June 24
Telephone message for Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from William N. Copley.
Telephone message from Arturo Schwarz for Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 9
Telephone message from Arturo Schwarz for Evan H. Turner.
Telephone message from William Copley for Evan H. Turner, circa 1969
Telephone message from William Copley for Evan H. Turner.
The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin. "Art Museum Reports Loss of 2 Paintings", 1971 April 19
"Art Museum Reports Loss of 2 Paintings" by Adolph Katz. Clipping from The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin.
Unidentified publication. "Works by Duchamp on Loan to New Paris Cultural Center", circa 1976-1977
Unidentified publication. "Works by Duchamp on Loan to New Paris Cultural Center" [copy].
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