Evan H. Turner

Evan H. Turner
Born	Evan Hopkins Turner  8 November 1927  Orono
Died	17 December 2020  (aged 93) Philadelphia
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Art historian, scholar, university teacher, director
Employer	Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (1955–1959) University of Pennsylvania
Awards	Cleveland Arts Prize (1991) honorary doctorate of Concordia University (Legum Doctor, We would honour him especially, however, for his creative development of a new spirit in our Montreal Museum of Fine Arts., 1965)
Position held	museum director (Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983–1993), museum director (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1964–1978), museum director (Ackland Art Museum, 1978–1983), museum director (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1959–1964)

Evan Hopkins Turner (born 1927) is an American art historian and museum director.

Life

Evan Hopkins Turner was born in 1927 in the town of Orono in Penobscot County, Maine.^[1] He studied art history at Harvard University.^[1]

From 1955 to 1959, he was assistant director of the Wadsworth Atheneum. From 1959 to 1964, he was director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. From 1964 to 1977, he was director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From 1978 to 1983, he was director of the Ackland Art Museum. From 1983 to 1993, he was director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. He won a 1991 Cleveland Arts Prize.^[2]

His papers are held at Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives.^[1][3]

References

1. "Evan H. Turner records, 1964-1978". dla.library.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
2. "Evan H. Turner". clevelandartsprize.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
3. "Turner, Evan H. | Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives". pmalibrary.libraryhost.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

Other websites

• 1989 Press Photo - Evan H. Turner historic images