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Xavier Mellery

~~Born:~~ August 9, 1845; Brussels, Belgium
~~Died:~~ February 4, 1921; Brussels, Belgium
~~Nationality:~~ Belgian
~~Art Movement:~~ Symbolism
~~Painting School:~~ Les XX
~~Field:~~ painting
~~Influenced on:~~ Fernand Khnopff
~~Teachers:~~ Jean-François Portaels
~~Art institution:~~ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (ARBA-ESA), Brussels, Belgium
~~Wikipedia:~~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Mellery
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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. His works include The Rondo of the Hours.

1885: Knight in the Order of Leopold.

Mellery designed the statues of all 48 historical professions in the Petit Sablon garden in Brussels.

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~~Wikipedia:~~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Mellery

Xavier Mellery

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1848 - 1903

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1854 - 1929

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1854 - 1930

1858 - 1921

1860 - 1949

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1863 - 1957

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