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La Ruche (newspaper)
''La Ruche'' may refer to: * ''La Ruche'' (residence), artists' residence in Paris * ''La Ruche'' (school), early 1900s anarchist school outside Paris See also * Beehive (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ruche (residence)
La Ruche (; "the beehive") was an artist's residence in the Montparnasse district of Paris. It now hosts around fifty artists and stages art exhibitions open to the public. History Located in the Passage Dantzig, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, La Ruche is an old three-storey circular structure that got its name because it looked more like a large beehive than a dwelling for humans. Originally a temporary building designed by Gustave Eiffel for use as a wine rotunda at the Great Exposition of 1900, the structure was dismantled and re-erected as low-cost studios for artists by Alfred Boucher (1850–1934), a sculptor, who wanted to help young artists by providing them with shared models and an exhibition space open to all residents. As well as to artists, La Ruche became a home to an array of drunks, misfits, drifters and people that just needed a place to stay. At La Ruche the rent was cheap; and no one was evicted for non-payment. When hungry, many would wander over to artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ruche (school)
''La Ruche'' ("The Hive") was a French school founded by Sébastien Faure on anarchist principles. History The anarchist Sébastien Faure founded ''La Ruche'' on 20 hectares of leased farmland in Le Pâtis, near Rambouillet, on the outskirts of Paris in 1904. The land was both the grounds for his alternative, experimental school and an anarchist commune. The school's name, ''La Ruche'', or "The Hive", comes from the land's resource of honey, which the school used as supplementary income. Faure also funded the school through his lectures and books. He established a cooperative to buy and market the farm's produce. ''La Ruche'' operated as a soviet, following the will of the staff's weekly general assembly. The colony persisted through the end of World War I, when it closed under Faure's financial deficits. Program The school followed a program modeled on that of anarchist pedagogue Paul Robin. About 50 children between the ages of 5 and 16 attended the school, selected fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
