Together with other prominent artists, including Giuseppe Capogrossi and Emanuele Cavalli, he formed the group of the "New Roman School of Painting," better known as Scuola Romana.
In 1933 Cavalli, together with Capogrossi and Melli wrote the "Manifesto del Primordialismo plastico" (Manifesto of Plastic Primordialism) defining the Tonalist Creed, with special emphasis on the style's spiritual and abstract side.
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In these exhibitions he received the support from important art critics and collectors, as well as from renowned Italian author Massimo Bontempelli, the uncle of his friend Corrado Cagli and the promoter of "Magic realism", a literary and artistic movement which had many similarities with tonalistic painting.
Roberto Cavalli | Francesco Cavalli | Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando | Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza | Emanuele Merisi | Emanuele Fenzi | Emanuele Severino | Emanuele Cavalli | Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta | Leone Emanuele Bardare | Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II | Emanuele Viscuso | Emanuele Filiberto | Emanuele Crialese | Cavalli |