Les XX and the Belgian Avant-Garde: Prints, Drawings, and Books, circa 1890 (Les Vingt)

Exhibition

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Les XX and the Belgian Avant-Garde: Prints, Drawings, and Books, circa 1890 (Les Vingt)
Stephen Goddard, curator
July 13, 1993–September 5, 1993
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

The exhibition explores the exhibition society Les Vingt (The Twenty) and their associates as representative of the avant-garde in Belgian art in the last decades of the nineteenth century.

Works of art

Christ in Limbo (Les Christ descendant aux enfers [The Descent of Christ into Limbo]), James Ensor (1860–1949)
James Ensor (1860–1949)
Mon portrait en 1960, James Ensor (1860–1949)
James Ensor (1860–1949)
Barques Échouées (Boats at Low Tide), James Ensor (1860–1949)
James Ensor (1860–1949)
Vissersboten terugkerend te Volendam (Fishing Boats Returning to Volendam), Théophile van Rysselberghe (1862–1926)
Théophile van Rysselberghe (1862–1926)
De Zaaier (The Sower), Jan Toorop (1858–1928)
Jan Toorop (1858–1928)
Tropon - Eiweiss Nahrung (Tropon, Nourishment from Eggwhite), Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
La Mort Poursuivant le Troupeau des Humains (Death Pursuing a Flock of Mortals), James Ensor (1860–1949)
James Ensor (1860–1949)
Scene de L'Ordu Rhin (Mort de Siegfried [The Death of Siegfried]), Henry de Groux (1867–1930)
Henry de Groux (1867–1930)
Mineurs, borinag, Constantin Meunier (1831–1905)
Constantin Meunier (1831–1905)
La vielle Masken, servente anversoise (The Old Woman), Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833–1898)
Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833–1898)
Bruges, Xavier Mellery (1845–1921)
Xavier Mellery (1845–1921)
Bruges, mid 1800s–early 1900s
Bruges, Xavier Mellery (1845–1921)
Xavier Mellery (1845–1921)
Bruges, mid 1800s–early 1900s
Bruges, Xavier Mellery (1845–1921)
Xavier Mellery (1845–1921)
Bruges, mid 1800s–early 1900s
Couseuse vue de profil gauche (woman sewing seen from the left), Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Fiacres en stationnement à la Porte de Namur (Carriages at the Porte de Namur), Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Champs (Fields), Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Champs (Fields), circa 1888
Etude de verger (study of an orchard), Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Alfred William Finch (1854–1930)
Scene d'interieur, Jan Toorop (1858–1928)
Jan Toorop (1858–1928)
Scene d'interieur, late 1800s–early 1900s
Le Christ aux Outrages (Christ Tormented), Henry de Groux (1867–1930)
Henry de Groux (1867–1930)
La Chrysalide, Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833–1898)
Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833–1898)
Mining Scene (Le Puits, Briqueterie [The Shaft, Brickfields]), Frantz Charlet (1862–1928); Constantin Meunier (1831–1905)
Frantz Charlet (1862–1928); Constantin Meunier (1831–1905)
The Cathedral (La cathédrale), James Ensor (1860–1949)
James Ensor (1860–1949)
Le "Terril" (The Slag Heap), Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)
Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)
Retour au "Coron" (Return to the Miners' Dwellings), Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)
Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)
Grand Mère (interieur Ardennais), Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)
Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)
L'Alphabet de Notre-Dame la Vierge (The Alphabet of Our Lady the Virgin), Max Elskamp (1862–1931)
Max Elskamp (1862–1931)