Xavier Mellery
Xavier Mellery | |
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Born | Laken, Belgium | 9 August 1845
Died | 4 February 1921 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 75)
Education | Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels |
Occupation | Painter |
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 Royal Academy of Fine Arts of 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.
Mellery designed the statues of all 48 historical professions in the Petit Sablon/Kleine Zavel garden in Brussels, though they were executed by different sculptors. Each pillar has a unique design, as does each section of fence.[2]
- The Slater by Albert Desenfans
- The Clockmaker by Jean Cuypers
- The Plumber by Cuypers
Honours
[edit]1885: Knight in the Order of Leopold.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ [1] Mellery at ArtMagick. 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
- ^ "Le Petit Sablon : Les 48 statuettes des Corporations Professionnelles - Bruxelles Pentagone" (in French). eBru. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ Handelsblad (Het) 04-11-1885
External links
[edit]- Links to his paintings available on-line (Artcyclopedia)