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 15 Collections and/or Records:
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French", 1977 February 13
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French" by Edith DeShazo [copy].
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French", 1977 February 13
Sunday News-Journal. "New Pompidou Center shakes up the French" by Edith DeShazo [copy].
The Courier-Post. "The crunch of those art exhibit openings", 1973 October 30
The Courier-Post. "The crunch of those art exhibit openings" by Edith DeShazo [copy].
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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