Leon Maximilien Joseph Mazy (December 30, 1860 – March 20, 1938[1][2]) was a fresco painter born in Malonne, County of Namur, Belgium.
[3] Mazy invented Cameo-Cement, an inexpensive method of artistically embellishing cement surfaces.
[4] 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.
[5] 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".