Xavier Mellery

Xavier Mellery

Xavier Mellery (August 9, 1845, Laken – February 4, 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 Brussels Academy of Fine Arts 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. [ [http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/artist.aspx?artist=xavier-mellery] Mellery at ArtMagick. 2008. Retrieved Apr. 23, 2008.] His works include "The Rondo of the Hours".

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