VINGT, LES

v.

or Les XX

(French; The Twenty)

Group of Symbolist artists, including James Ensor , Fernand Khnopff, and Henry van de Velde, who exhibited in Belgium during 1891–93.

Belgian Symbolist painting employed simplified forms, heavy outlines, a subjective use of colour, and a heightened spiritual content inspired by religious, exotic, and "primitive" cultures. The styles of various members of Les Vingt eventually merged into the new Art Nouveau style.