1716-80 He assisted his father, artist Francisco Melendez, until 1737, when he began studying with Lewis-Michel Vanloo, the court painter to Philip V of France. Although accepted (1745) into the Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, he was expelled after his father denounced the academy in a dispute over a royal competition. After traveling throughout Italy, he returned to work for his father as an illustrator of choirbooks.   Related Paintings of Luis Melendez :. | La Pourvoyeuse(The Return from Market) (mk05) | Landscape with Charon's Bark (mk08) | Family Portrait | Cutting the Feather | George Washington Vanderbilt |
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