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French art critic
Alain Weill (born 7 September 1946) is a French expert in
graphic design and
advertising , a specialist on
posters , art critic and
collector .
[1]
Biography
Alain Weill attended the
École pratique des hautes études and then he studied
legal science . He obtained two master's degrees:
semiology and
sociology of art .
[2]
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
[3] (1971–1983) and was artistic director of the
Festival international de l'affiche et du graphisme de Chaumont [
fr ] from 1990 to 2001. He is the jury president of the European Advertising Award.
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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
References
International National Academics People Other