Anne Poulet
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 | |
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Born | Anne Litle Poulet March 20, 1942 |
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(s) | François Poulet |
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.[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
Works
See also
References
- "Alumnae featured in Wall Street Journal". sbc.edu. December 17, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "Awards in Italian Culture 2008". fiacfoundation.org. 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "Alumni Donor to the Institute". nyu.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "Mosaïque's Fifth Anniversary Celebration - An Evening With Renowned Art Historian Anne Poulet". frenchculturalcenter.org. November 9, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "People in the News (08/10/03): Appointments & Promotions". philanthropynewsdigest.org. August 10, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "The Frick Collection, New York". goodreads.com. 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "Anne Poulet 2010" (PDF). frick.org. 2010.(PDF file)
- "News Archive". New York University. March 9, 2018. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018.
- "French Heritage Society to host the third edition of its French Heritage Society Book Award". residentpublications.com. 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "Press Release". getty.edu. November 3, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- Flurry, Alan (November 7, 2011). "Shaheen Lecture will focus on French sculpture". uga.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- Long, Judy (October 31, 2011). "Anne Poulet: Shouky Shaheen Lecturer". patch.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "On the Run: Clodion's Bacchanalian Figures". dma.org. November 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- "Iris Awards - Past Awardees - 2000". bgc.bard.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/pdfs/press/Anne-Poulet-2011.pdf
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 | ||
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Preceded by Samuel Sachs II |
Director The Frick Collection 2003 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Ian Wardropper |