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Anne Poulet (born March 20, 1942) is a retired American art historian. Poulet is an expert in the area of French art, particularly sculpture. In her career, she organized two major monographic exhibitions on the French sculptors Clodion and Jean-Antoine Houdon, respectively.

Anne Poulet
Born	Anne Litle Poulet (1942-03-20) March 20, 1942 (age 80) United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Anne L. Poulet
Alma mater	Sweet Briar College, New York University Institute of Fine Arts
Occupation	Museum curator, museum director at The Frick Collection
Known for	First woman museum director at The Frick Collection
Spouse	François Poulet

Early life

On March 20, 1942 Poulet was born in Washington, DC, U.S.^{[citation needed]}

Education

In 1964, Poulet earned a B.A. degree from Sweet Briar College, a private all women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Poulet graduated cum laude. In 1970, Poulet completed her graduate studies at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. In 1993, Poulet earned a certificate of graduation from Museum Management Institute in Berkeley, California.[1][2][3]

Career

Poulet served for twenty years as a Curator Emerita in the department of decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Boston, Massachusetts.[4][5] While Poulet was the curator, she was responsible for adding many acquisitions to the museum, including the Firestone Collection of French silver, Frits and Rita Markus Collection of ceramics and enamel, William A. Coolidge Collection of painting, sculpture and decorative arts and Edward Pflueger Collection of ceramics.[2]

In October 2003, Poulet was appointed as the director of The Frick Collection, a museum in New York City, New York. Poulet became the first female director in the museum's history.[1] In 2011, Poulet created and published The Frick Collection, a general guide to the museum's collection.[6] In 2011, Poulet retired as the museum director. Poulet was succeeded by Ian Wardropper.[4][5][7]

In September 2011, Poulet joined the Institute of Fine Arts' Board of Trustees at NYU.[8]

In 2019, Poulet was a judge in the French Heritage Society Book Award.[9]

Lectures

List of Poulet's art lectures.

• November 6, 2003 The First Statuary in the World: Jean-Antoine Houdon. The Getty Center.[10]
• November 2011 A Gallery of Worthies: Thomas Jefferson and Jean Antoine Houdon. University of Georgia - Lamar Dodd School of Art.[11][12]
• November 2012 On the Run: Clodion's Bacchanalian Figures. Dallas Museum of At.[13]

Awards and recognitions

• Ford Foundation grant in museum training.[2]
• Kress Fellow.[2]
• 2000 Iris Foundation Award winner.[4][14]
• 2007 Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.[4][15]
• 2008 Awards in Italian Culture 2008 - American Award.[2]

Works

• Corot to Braque: French Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1979, ISBN 9780878461349
• Clodion, 1738-1814, 1992, ISBN 9782711823529
• Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment, 2003, ISBN 9780894683015

See also

• List of female art museum directors

References

External links

• Anne L. Poulet at frick.org
• Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship
• Anne L. Poulet at artdaily.cc
• Anne Poulet 2012 lecture at dma.org
• Clodion at Columbia
• Anne Poulet of The Frick Collection at WSJ (subscription require)

Cultural offices
Preceded by Samuel Sachs II	Director The Frick Collection 2003 – 2011	Succeeded by Ian Wardropper

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