| Xavier Mellery | |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1845 |
| Birth Place: | Laken, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| 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]
1885: Knight in the Order of Leopold.[3]