Les XX and the Belgian Avant-Garde: Prints, Drawings, and Books, circa 1890 (Les Vingt) | Spencer Museum of Art

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

Stephen Goddard, curator

January 24, 1993–September 5, 1993

see Venue records

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

Mining Scene (Le Puits, Briqueterie [The Shaft, Brickfields]), Frantz Charlet; Constantin Meunier — Frantz Charlet; Constantin Meunier

Mining Scene (Le Puits, Briqueterie [The Shaft, Brickfields]), mid 1800s–early 1900s

Le Christ aux Outrages (Christ Tormented), Henry de Groux — Henry de Groux

Le Christ aux Outrages (Christ Tormented), 1894–1898

Scene de L'Ordu Rhin (Mort de Siegfried [The Death of Siegfried]), Henry de Groux — Henry de Groux

Scene de L'Ordu Rhin (Mort de Siegfried [The Death of Siegfried]), before 1899

L'Alphabet de Notre-Dame la Vierge (The Alphabet of Our Lady the Virgin), Max Elskamp — Max Elskamp

L'Alphabet de Notre-Dame la Vierge (The Alphabet of Our Lady the Virgin), 1901

The Cathedral (La cathédrale), James Ensor — James Ensor

The Cathedral (La cathédrale), 1886

Mon portrait en 1960, James Ensor — James Ensor

Mon portrait en 1960, 1888

Barques Échouées (Boats at Low Tide), James Ensor — James Ensor

Barques Échouées (Boats at Low Tide), 1888

Christ in Limbo (Les Christ descendant aux enfers [The Descent of Christ into Limbo]), James Ensor — James Ensor

Christ in Limbo (Les Christ descendant aux enfers [The Descent of Christ into Limbo]), 1895

La Mort Poursuivant le Troupeau des Humains (Death Pursuing a Flock of Mortals), James Ensor — James Ensor

La Mort Poursuivant le Troupeau des Humains (Death Pursuing a Flock of Mortals), 1896

Champs (Fields), Alfred William Finch — Alfred William Finch

Champs (Fields), circa 1888

Etude de verger (study of an orchard), Alfred William Finch — Alfred William Finch

Etude de verger (study of an orchard), circa 1888

Couseuse vue de profil gauche (woman sewing seen from the left), Alfred William Finch — Alfred William Finch

Couseuse vue de profil gauche (woman sewing seen from the left), circa 1888

Fiacres en stationnement à la Porte de Namur (Carriages at the Porte de Namur), Alfred William Finch — Alfred William Finch

Fiacres en stationnement à la Porte de Namur (Carriages at the Porte de Namur), circa 1888

Grand Mère (interieur Ardennais), Gustave Marissiaux — Gustave Marissiaux

Grand Mère (interieur Ardennais), 1901

Le "Terril" (The Slag Heap), Gustave Marissiaux — Gustave Marissiaux

Le "Terril" (The Slag Heap), 1905

Retour au "Coron" (Return to the Miners' Dwellings), Gustave Marissiaux — Gustave Marissiaux

Retour au "Coron" (Return to the Miners' Dwellings), 1905

Bruges, Xavier Mellery — Xavier Mellery

Bruges, mid 1800s–early 1900s

Bruges, Xavier Mellery — Xavier Mellery

Bruges, mid 1800s–early 1900s

Bruges, Xavier Mellery — Xavier Mellery

Bruges, mid 1800s–early 1900s

Mineurs, borinag, Constantin Meunier — Constantin Meunier

Mineurs, borinag, 1896

La vielle Masken, servente anversoise (The Old Woman), Félicien Joseph Victor Rops — Félicien Joseph Victor Rops

La vielle Masken, servente anversoise (The Old Woman), mid-late 1800s

La Chrysalide, Félicien Joseph Victor Rops — Félicien Joseph Victor Rops

La Chrysalide, 1876

Scene d'interieur, Jan Toorop — Jan Toorop

Scene d'interieur, late 1800s–early 1900s

De Zaaier (The Sower), Jan Toorop — Jan Toorop

De Zaaier (The Sower), 1895

Tropon - Eiweiss Nahrung (Tropon, Nourishment from Eggwhite), Henry van de Velde — Henry van de Velde

Tropon - Eiweiss Nahrung (Tropon, Nourishment from Eggwhite), 1896

Vissersboten terugkerend te Volendam (Fishing Boats Returning to Volendam), Théophile van Rysselberghe — Théophile van Rysselberghe

Vissersboten terugkerend te Volendam (Fishing Boats Returning to Volendam), 1893

Une Geste d'Offrande, Une Geste de Rescpect, Fernand Khnopff — Fernand Khnopff

Une Geste d'Offrande, Une Geste de Rescpect, 1900