Post-impressionistic French painter Pierre Montezin was influenced by Claude Monet. He was very young, just 19-years-old, when he was exposed to art by his father, entering a decoration workshop where he learned decorative murals. After studying for a short time, he was soon influenced by the theories and techniques of impressionist painting and started an art career, but it took him about 10 years to reach acceptance. During World War I he was mobilized, which interrupted his painting career. Soon after he won several prizes and frequently exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. He painted landscapes and cityscapes, later also figures and flowers. Montezin then lived in Paris again and became first Knight and then Officer of the Legion of Honor. Eventually, he settled in Neuilly-sur-Seine. In 1940 he was elected as a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts. He died en route on a painting trip.
France