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 Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 May 29
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 May 5
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 25
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1970 August 5
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 November 11
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 October 24
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 15
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 7
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1971 May 12
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1973 December 5
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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