Anne L. Poulet is the Director of The Frick Collection in New York. She was appointed in 2003.
Education:
BA, cum laude, Sweet Briar College in 1964
MA, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, in 1970
Certificate of graduation, Museum Management Institute, Berkeley, California, in 1993
Personal:
Married to Francois Poulet
Background:
For two decades Ms. Poulet ran the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, of which she is currently Curator Emerita. While at the MFA, Ms. Poulet was responsible for a number of important acquisitions for the collection and was instrumental in bringing to the museum the Firestone Collection of French silver; the Frits and Rita Markus Collection of European ceramics and enamels; the William A. Coolidge Collection of European paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts; and the Edward Pflueger Collection of European ceramics. In addition, eight catalogues of the permanent collection were published under her direction.
Ms. Poulet is the author of Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment (University of Chicago Press).
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Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Recipient, Ford Foundation Grant in Museum Training
Kress Fellow at the National Gallery of Art
Recipient, Iris Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts in 2000
Co-founder and vice chairman of the board, The French Heritage Society
Recipient, Sweet Briar College Distinguished Alumna Award in 2004. |
