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 340 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Donald Mason, 1971 December 23
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Donald Mason, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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, 1968 December 30
Turner, Evan H. Correspondence to George Cheston.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to George Cheston, 1969 January 28
Turner, Evan H. Correspondence to George Cheston.
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.
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