Background
Mechlin, Leila was born on May 29, 1874 in Washington, District of Columbia. Daughter of Frederick S. and Cornelia S. (Hyatt) Mechlin.
Mechlin, Leila was born on May 29, 1874 in Washington, District of Columbia. Daughter of Frederick S. and Cornelia S. (Hyatt) Mechlin.
Public schools and Corcoran School of Art, Washington. Honorary Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1921. Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska, 1927.
Unmarried.
Editor The American Magazine of Art (formerly Art and Progress), 1909-1931. Writer and lecturer on art
Fellow Royal Society of Arts (London), 1940. Art critic Washington Evening Star since 1900.