Background
Mielziner, Leo was born on December 8, 1869 in New York City. Son of Doctor Moses and Rosetta (Lewald) Mielziner.
Mielziner, Leo was born on December 8, 1869 in New York City. Son of Doctor Moses and Rosetta (Lewald) Mielziner.
Educated Cincinnati Art Academy. École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Academics Julian and Colarossi, Paris, with Kroyer, Copenhagen.
He was one of ten children, one of whom died in infancy, and had a twin sister, Bella Mielziner. Leo was born in New York City at 22 Jefferson Street, but then moved as a child with his family to settle in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father Moses Mielziner taught at Hebrew Union College and was a noted Talmudic scholar, publishing among other works, An Introduction to the Talmud.
Moses Mielziner married Rosette Levald of Copenhagen in 1861.
Of the seven children who survived him, Leo Mielziner was an artist in Paris and Jacob was a rabbi in Helena, Montana.
Married Ella MacKenna Friend, 1896. Children: Leo, Jo.