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. 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.

The Tiler

The Clockmaker-Locksmith

The Tinsmith-Plumber