François-Edouard Meloche (February 27th, 1855 - August 15th, 1914) was a painter and a decorator Québécois.

Native of Montreal, he is the son of Charles Meloche, clock and watch maker. He grows in his grandfather and studies with the Sainte-Marie College. In painting, its Masters are Napoleon Bourassa and Joseph Chabert.

His/her poor relations oblige to him to paint to allow them to survive economically. The first great project in which it participle is the construction of the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes of Montreal

Starting from 1881, it decorates several churches in the areas with Valleyfield, Quebec and the Low-Saint-Laurent. One of its puses great achievements is the church of Palmer Road with the island-of-Prince-Edouard. He in particular gained a medal of the World Fair of Chicago.

He teaches with the council of arts of manufactures of 1886 with 1899. He takes as a starting point the style of Hippolyte Flandrin and François-Edouard Picot. Its disciples are Napoleon Saint-Charles and Joseph-Charles Franchère.

The end of its life overlooks and he dies in 1914