Alain Weill

Alain Weill (born 7 September 1946) is a French expert in graphic design and advertising, a specialist on posters, art critic and collector.

Biography Alain Weill attended the and then he studied legal science. He obtained two master's degrees: semiology and sociology of art.

As an essayist, Alain Weill has authored many books and exhibition catalogues dedicated to graphic arts and advertising posters. He is an expert in graphic arts and advertising creation, notably with the company of auctioneers. He is also a food critic, and a founding member of the Council of Culinary Arts.

He is a former director of the Musée de la Publicité in Paris (1971–1983) and was artistic director of the from 1990 to 2001. He is the jury president of the European Advertising Award.

Selected publications Art Nouveau Postcards: The Posterists' Postcards, Images Graphiques, 1977 100 Years of Posters of the Folies Bergère and Music Halls of Paris, Images Graphiques, 1977 Co-author with Jack Rennert, Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Posters and Panels, G. K. Hall & Co., 1984 The Poster: A Worldwide Survey and History, G. K. Hall & Co., 1985 Parisian Fashion : La Gazette du Bon Ton (1912–1925), Bibliothèque de l'Image, 2000 Co-author with Israel Perry, Chocolate Posters, Queen Art Publishers, 2002 Le Design graphique, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 439), série Arts. Éditions Gallimard, 2003 US edition – Graphic Design: A History, "Abrams Discoveries" series. Harry N. Abrams, 2004 UK edition – Graphics: A Century of Poster and Advertising Design, 'New Horizons' series. Thames & Hudson, 2004 Masters of the Poster 1900, Posters Please, 2003 Mirande Carnévalé-Mauzan, preface by Alain Weill – The posters of Mauzan, Square One Publishing, 2008 The Art Nouveau Poster, Frances Lincoln Publishers, 2015 Collective work AA.VV., Les années 20 : L'âge des métropoles, « Livres d'Art ». Gallimard and Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1991 AA.VV., Gunter Rambow – Plakate / Posters (in German), Edition Axel Menges, 2008