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Les XX in the City: An Artists’ Neighborhood in Brussels

par Brogniez, Laurence ;Debroux, Tatiana
Référence Artl@s bulletin, 2, 2, page (38-51)
Publication Publié, 2013

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In this article we focus upon the spatiality of the artistic circle Les XX, in Belgium and in Europe. We study the installation of the circle’s members in both Brussels and the context of the city’s local artistic geography. One zone seems to have been a focus of the group’s creative and social life: the suburb of Ixelles, in particular, the neighborhood around the rue de l’Abbaye. This area was home to many artists, including Anna Boch, whose villa became a sort of second home to Les XX. Through cartographic analysis and the description of this environment, we bring into the question the possible existence of an artistic neighborhood in Brussels at the turn of the 20th century.