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Evan H. Turner
American art historian and art museum director

Evan H. Turner

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American art historian and art museum director
A.K.A.
Evan Hopkins Turner Evan Turner
Gender
Male
Birth
Place of birth
Orono, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Place of death
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Age
94 years
Residence
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Harvard University
Cambridge, Middlesex County, USA
(-1954)
Employers
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, USA
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, USA
(1955-1959)
Positions
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)
Awards
Cleveland Arts Prize
(1991)
honorary doctorate of Concordia University
(1965)
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Biography

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. He studied art history at Harvard University.

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.

His papers are held at Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives.

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