La Ruche
La Ruche ( double. The Beehive ) is an artists' colony in the 15th arrondissement of Paris .
history
La Ruche was founded in 1902 by the French sculptor Alfred Boucher . The three-story rotunda was originally built by Gustave Eiffel for the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 . At the beginning of the 20th century, the settlement was the residence and place of work of numerous French and foreign artists, similar to Bateau-Lavoir and Les Fusains in Montmartre . Guillaume Apollinaire , Alexander Archipenko , Ossip Zadkine , Moise Kisling , Marc Chagall , Max Pechstein , Nina Hamnett , Fernand Léger , Jacques Lipchitz , Morice Lipsi , Pinchus Kremegne , Max Jacob , Blaise Cendrars , Chaim Soutine , Robert Delaunay lived or stayed here , Otto Friedrich Weber , Amedeo Modigliani , Constantin Brâncuși , Diego Rivera , Marevna , Michel Sima , Otto Morach and Pierre Nocca .
During the German occupation in World War II , La Ruche became dilapidated . During the boom around 1968 there were plans to demolish it, but this could be prevented with the support of personalities such as Jean-Paul Sartre , Alexander Calder , Jean Renoir and René Char . In the 1970s renovation work was undertaken and some studios were set up.
La Ruche is located at Passage Dantzig 2, near Parc Georges Brassens . The studios are not open to the public, but the exterior is worth a visit. Since 2017, La Ruche has also had an exhibition room in Alfred Boucher's former studio, located on the ground floor of the building. Temporary exhibitions are held here.
Web links
- Official website (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 57 ″ N , 2 ° 17 ′ 49 ″ E