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Xavier Mellery
(1845-1921)
Interieur a Ile de Marken
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The Italian Renaissance
Immortality
The Hours, Eternity and Death
Xavier Mellery was a Belgian Symbolist painter, who created dreamlike compositions, many of which were allegories of life and death. These sometimes nightmarish paintings were precursors for the Surrealist movement, and this combined with a Realist/Classical style became his calling card. Mellery was a member of the famed “Les Vingts” (AKA, Les XX or The Twenty), which were a group of avant-garde artists that took Europe by storm.
Autumn 1893
Le Chene
The Stairs
Mellery mentored and taught many artists during his lifetime, and was an inspiration for a whole generation of Surrealist painters. Today, Mellery’s paintings are housed all over the world, and perhaps in your own home. Still wondering about a Symbolist Belgian painting in your family estate? Contact us…it could be by Xavier Mellery.
