In 2025, Workshop 11 — the last active artist’s studio in Cité Falguière — celebrates its 150th anniversary. As part of the European Heritage Days and under the theme “Architectural heritage: windows to the past, doors to the future”, this event will explore the relationship between artistic creation and built heritage, while promoting a collective reflection on the future of creative spaces in urban environments. Taking place in parallel with the Journées du Mariage, this celebration will also highlight the cultural heritage of women artists, historically under-represented. Marriage and Heritage together form our common cultural heritage, and the promotion of gender equality requires a renewed recognition of women’s contributions and their rightful place in historically male-dominated spaces. The Women of the Cité Falguière If the Cité Falguière is celebrated for having hosted great artists of the Paris School — including Modigliani, Soutine, Foujita and Brancusi — its history has too often neglected women’s contributions, as is unfortunately common in art history. In response, the associations L'AiR Arts and Cité Falguière have joined forces to preserve Atelier 11 and its rich international artistic heritage, while giving visibility to underrepresented artists, especially women. As part of this dual initiative, we will highlight women artists who have lived and worked in the Cité Falguière, addressing both past and contemporary scenes. We will focus on four little-known women artists:

• Lilian de Glehn Thibaut (1872-1951): an English painter who worked at the Cité Falguière during the Roaring Twenties. Mania Mavro (1889-1969): a painter form the Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
• Zofia Piramowicz (1880–1958): a Polish painter of Armenian descent.
• Fanny Rozet (1881–1958): a sculptor and first woman admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
• This project aims to reintegrate these artists into the global narrative by connecting them with today’s creators. Along with this special presentation, we will continue to honour Mira Maodus (born in 1942) , French artist of Serbo-Russian origin, fervent practitioner of abstraction in painting and last permanent resident of Atelier 11. In parallel, the event will include an open studio with Jay Lee, a nomadic interdisciplinary artist currently in residence with L'AiR Arts at Atelier 11, whose work explores the themes of memory, identity and time. By placing these artists in the narrative and fostering a dialogue between past and present, this project pays tribute to the women of the Ecole de Paris and those who continue to perpetuate its legacy today. This event is organized by associations L'AiR Arts and Cité Falguière in partnership with ​the Fonds d’Art Contemporain - Paris Collections, which holds works by more than 30 artists who lived and worked at Cité Falguière throughout the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

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11 Cité Falguière 75015 Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France