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 456 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Alfred Schmeller, 1973 October 5
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Alfred Schmeller, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1971 May 26
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Includes copy of letter to Alexina Duchamp.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1971 March 11
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1969 May 13
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1969 March 24
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1970 September 11
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1970 July 28
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1970 July 8
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1970 December 8
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz.
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz, 1969 May 13
Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to Arturo Schwarz.
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