Xavier Mellery

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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.[1] His works include The Rondo of the Hours.

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  1. ^ [1] Mellery at ArtMagick. 2008. Retrieved Apr. 23, 2008.

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