Xavier Mellery
Xavier Mellery (9 August 1845, Laken – 4 February 1921, Brussels) was a Belgian Symbolist painter.
The son of a gardener at the Royal Palace of Laeken, Mellery initially worked with the painter-decorator Charles Albert. He attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1860 to 1867, one of his professors being Jean-François Portaels. Mellery won the Prix de Rome and traveled to Italy where he studied paintings from the Renaissance.[1] His works include The Rondo of the Hours.
Honours[]
1885: Knight in the Order of Leopold. [2]
Mellery designed the statues of all 48 historical professions in the Petit Sablon garden in Brussels.
The Tiler
The Clockmaker-Locksmith
The Tinsmith-Plumber
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External links[]
- Links to his paintings available on-line (Artcyclopedia)
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