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 between Evan H. Turner and John Russell, 1969 September 10
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and John Russell.
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley, 1969 January-February
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley.
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley, 1969 January-February
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner and William Copley.
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner, Barnet Hodes, William Copley, and Alexina Duchamp, 1969 January-April
Correspondence between Evan H. Turner, Barnet Hodes, William Copley, and Alexina Duchamp.
Correspondence from A. James Speyer to Evan H. Turner, 1973 November 14
Correspondence from A. James Speyer, Curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alan Laming to Evan H. Turner, 1973 July 16
Correspondence from Alan Laming, Executive Editor for the Art Gallery Magazine, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Anne d'Harnoncourt, circa 1969 July 15
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Anne D'Harnoncourt.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1974 March 6
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 20th Century Art Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Arturo Schwarz, 1969 March 20
Correspondence from Arturo Schwarz to Evan H. Turner.
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Arturo Schwarz, 1969 March 20
Correspondence from Alexina Duchamp to Arturo Schwarz.
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