Education Emil attended school at
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in
Brussels,
Belgium. A 1905
Los Angeles Times article erroneously claimed to the contrary that Emil was a graduate of
École des Beaux-Arts. The same article also erroneously claimed that Emil was a Frenchman, and such an inference about his education would be plausible if he were believed to be from France. Emil was from Belgium. The
Wikipedia article: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts indicates that these two schools are often confused and well supports this conjecture.
Art Instructor In 1904 Emil took employment as an instructor at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design in
MacArthur Park (then Westlake Park). The school, located at 624 S
Alvarado Street and overlooking Westlake Park, was originally called the Westlake Art Studios School and was both founded and managed by Mrs. Carolyn Wood. In
Edan Milton Hughes's book
Artists in California under the biographical entry for
Leon Mazy it states "With his brother Emil, he operated the Westlake Art Studio." It is unclear whether "Westlake Art Studio" and "Westlake Art Studio Schools", though of the same location, were the same or different entities. If the same entity then the statements about Mrs. Carolyn Wood and Leon and Emil Mazy may conflict. Two months after becoming a design instructor at the school, Emil showed his interior designs at the school's Pallette Club.
The Vatican At the age of 68 the well seasoned Emil T. Mazy received accolades from
Pope Pius XI in
Vatican City. Emil had painted a portrait of Father P. Gratianus de Schepper of Belgium. Of note was the fact Father de Schepper paid Emil a two-hour visit in Los Angeles and from that visit Emil later painted the portrait by memory. While a possible inference from though not stated in the article, it is not known if this painting became or is a holding of
Vatican Museums.
Decoration On April 7, 1939, Emil T. Mazy was named Chevalier in the Order of
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