La Ruche

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Entrance to the La Ruche artists' colony

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

Commons : La Ruche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 57 ″  N , 2 ° 17 ′ 49 ″  E