Funding plea for Parisian atelier where Modigliani and Gauguin worked

Atelier 11 in the Cité Falguière stands in contrast to the private homes and beige apartment blocks that now surround it. Photograph: L’AiR Arts

For 150 years, Atelier 11 in the Cité Falguière in Paris has been a home from home for international artists.

The Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani met his Russian mistress here – she was on honeymoon at the time; Constantin Brâncuși, Chaïm Soutine and Paul Gauguin also lived and worked in the studio at various periods before becoming famous.