What is Evan H. Turner?
{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Evan Hopkins Turner''' (born 1927) is an [[Americans|American]] [[art historian]] and [[museum director]]. == Life == Evan Hopkins Turner was born in 1927 in the [[New England town|town]] of [[Orono, Maine|Orono]] in [[Penobscot County, Maine]].<ref name=upenn/> He studied [[art history]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref name=upenn/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/awardees/evan_turner.html|title=Evan H. Turner|website=clevelandartsprize.org|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2023-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401163802/https://www.clevelandartsprize.org/awardees/evan_turner.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His papers are held at [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] Archives.<ref name=upenn>{{Cite web|url=http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_PMA_PMA004|title=Evan H. Turner records, 1964-1978|website=dla.library.upenn.edu|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2020-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201223253/http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html%3Fid%3DPACSCL_PMA_PMA004|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pmalibrary.libraryhost.com/agents/people/1438|title=Turner, Evan H. {{!}} Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives|website=pmalibrary.libraryhost.com|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/cvp15764 1989 Press Photo - Evan H. Turner] historic images {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Evan H.}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Art historians]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Catego