Alfred Léon Lemercier

Alfred Léon Lemercier (29 July 1831, in Paris – 15 September 1900, in Nanterre) was a French publisher, editor and lithographer.

Biography He was born to a family of lithographers; including his father, Ambroise Lemercier (1807-1889), and his uncle, who, in 1828, established a printing company that would become the largest in Paris. In 1852, he began an apprenticeship there, under the direction of . After that, he studied in the workshops of Jean Gigoux and . He had his first showing, along with other lithographers, at the Salon in 1863.

Toward the end of the 1870s, he took over management of the printing business, and brought in his son Léon as an associate. He also began employing the new process of Woodburytype.

In 1884, together with , he founded the "", and served as its Chairman until 1891, when they filed for bankruptcy. The following year, he had his last showing at the Salon.

He also produced posters designed by Jules Chéret, Henri Boutet, Manuel Orazi, and many others.