Chronology

9 August 1845 Xavier Mellery is born in Laeken, Belgium

1860-1867 Studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels

1870 Wins the Prix de Rome

1871 Goes to Italy through Germany

1878 Travels to Italy, including Venice. Commissioned by Charles de Coster to illustrate an article on Holland

1887 Travels through Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Tyrol and Switzerland

1885 Becomes of a member of the group Les XX

4 February 1921 Dies in3„4Brussels