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 54 Collections and/or Records:
Memorandum from Sarah Williams to Evan H. Turner, 1969 January 20
Memorandum from Sarah Williams to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Memorandum from the office of Evan H. Turner to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Michael Botwinick, and Jane Custer, 1973 August 28
Memorandum from the office of Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Michael Botwinick, Assistant Director for Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Jane Custer.
National Endowment for the Arts application for Marcel Duchamp book, 1972 November 27
National Endowment for the Arts application for Marcel Duchamp book. Includes memorandum from Carl Morse, Acting Director of Publications for the Museum of Modern Art, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Note from Anne d'Harnoncourt to Evan H. Turner, 1969 June 24
Note from Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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