Anne Poulet


Anne Poulet 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.

Early life

On March 20, 1942 Poulet was born in Washington, DC, U.S.

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.

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. 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.
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. In 2011, Poulet created and published The Frick Collection, a general guide to the museum's collection. In 2011, Poulet retired as the museum director. Poulet was succeeded by Ian Wardropper.
In September 2011, Poulet joined the Institute of Fine Arts' Board of Trustees at NYU.
In 2019, Poulet was a judge in the French Heritage Society Book Award.

Lectures

List of Poulet's art lectures.