Pierre Eugène Montézin (16 October 1874 – 10 July 1946) was a French

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

. He was a close friend of the Swiss painter

Hans Iten Hans Iten (1874–1930) was a Swiss artist who specialised in landscape and flower painting in Ireland, and was considered the finest flower painter in Ireland during his lifetime. Life Hans Iten was born in Zurich in 1874. He attended the Scho ...

, and the

Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasure ...

hold a portrait of Iten by Montezin donated by his widow.

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* 1874 births 1946 deaths 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters Olympic competitors in art competitions Painters from Paris {{France-painter-19thC-stub