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Leon Maximilien Joseph Mazy (December 30, 1860 – March 20, 1938) was a fresco painter born in Malonne, County of Namur, Belgium.
Mazy invented Cameo-Cement, an inexpensive method of artistically embellishing cement surfaces.
In 1911, Mazy developed his own 5 acre orchard 2 miles southeast of Van Nuys. The orchard consisted of Cure pears from France, cherries and apples from Belgium, a cherry-plum tree from Hungary, apricots, figs, grapes, nectarines, olives, persimmons, peaches, prunes, plums quinces, almonds, chestnuts, pecans, and walnuts. The property was later sold to C. R. Hunter.
In 1928, Mazy painted the exterior of the Carthay Circle Theater using a "new Southern California product, Sterling bonding cement paint, manufactured by West Coast Kalsomine Company".
Leon Mazy and his brother, Emil Mazy, operated the Westlake Art Studio.
References
- Obituaries, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1938.
- Obituaries, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1938, page A19
- Petition for Naturalization #1146, Los Angeles County, State of California. Declaration of Intention filed June 8, 1911.
- "Art and Artists", Antony E. Anderson, page III10, Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1909
- "Two Interesting Southern California Orchards", Los Angeles Times, page IX9, November 7, 1920
- Largest Drive-In Market Rising, Los Angeles Times, page D6, October 21, 1928
- Hughes, Artists in California, 363
- Falk, Who Was Who in American Art, September 1999, 2233