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Definition of les vingt in English English dictionary
- 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