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 Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Gallager to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 15
Correspondence from Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Gallager to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch to Evan H. Turner, 1966 November 7
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch, Curator for the Musée des beaux arts, Rouen, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch to Evan H. Turner, 1967 January 16
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch, Curator for the Musée des beaux arts, Rouen, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch to Evan H. Turner, 1967 February 28
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch, Curator for the Musée des beaux arts, Rouen, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch to Evan H. Turner, 1967 June 7
Correspondence from Olga Popovitch, Curator for the Musée des beaux arts, Rouen, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Patricia Zohn to Evan H. Turner, 1975 June 13
Correspondence from Patricia Zohn, Artistic Department for the Ambassade de France, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1975 December 8
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1975 March 17
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1975 May 27
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén to Evan H. Turner, 1975 December 19
Correspondence from Pontus Hultén, Centre Beaubourg, to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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