Anne Papillon D'Alton
Expert
Anne Papillon d’Alton was 16
when she encountered the
arts of Asia, when visiting, on
a quite unexpected occasion,
the Musée Guimet in Paris. It
was a revelation, particularly
the arts of Japan, which since
then, hasn’t stopped
fascinating her.
Some years later, she
graduates from the Ecole du
Louvre where she studied the
arts of China and Japan, and
from the Sorbonne’s history of
art section. She then meets, in
1987, Jean-Claude Moreau-
Gobard, one of the most
important experts in asian art
at the time, and works with
him until 2004. In 1987, she
also meets Pierre Ansas with
whom she has been closely
collaborating since 2004 for
the expertise in asian arts.
Since then, although being an
expert for the whole of the
arts of Asia, where India, the
Himalayas and South-East Asia
stand alongside with China,
Korea and Japan, she more
and more tends towards
specializing in the arts of
Japan. In 2010, she joins the
CEEA, European Chambers of
Art Experts as a specialist in
this field.
