Loyrette is also an author, with a total of nineteen books on various subjects, including Degas, Gustave Eiffel, and Marcel Proust. One of his most popular works is one of his books on the subject of French art:
Nineteenth Century French Art (pictured).
Books
- Nineteenth Century French Art
- Gustave Eiffel, Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1985.
- Degas, "Je voudrais être illustre et inconnu", Paris, Gallimard, 1989.
- Degas inédit, (direction de l'ouvrage), La Documentation française, 1989
- Degas, Paris, Fayard, 1991.
- La Famille Halévy. Entre le théâtre et l'histoire, (direction de l'ouvrage), R.M.N.-Fayard,
1996.
Exhibitions catalogues
- Degas e l'Italia, 1984.
- Degas, 1988.
- Impressionnisme. Les Origines, 1994.
- Cézanne, 1995.
- Daumier, 1999.