Musée du Montparnasse

The former artist studio at twenty-one Avenue du Maine features a discreet, ivy-covered gate leading into a garden courtyard. This site served as the working home for Maria Vassilieff, who turned her atelier into a canteen for starving artists during the First World War. She fed creators like Modigliani and Picasso with whatever she could barter or grow. The quiet garden path remains a sharp contrast to the bustling, modern Montparnasse streets outside, preserving the atmosphere of a desperate, creative sanctuary.