Rue Lepic - Notable Addresses

Notable Addresses

• At n°15, brasserie Café des 2 Moulins where the film Amélie was set.
• At n°25, in 1910, the cabaret La Vache Enragée was based here.
• At n°50, poet Jehan Rictus lived at this address for over a decade.
• At n°53, resided Jean-Baptiste Clément (singer and prominent in Paris Commune) from 1880 to 1891. He then moved to n°112.
• At n°54, lived Van Gogh and his brother Théo, on the third floor, from 1886 to 1888; Art dealer Alphonse Portier, lived on the first floor for several years - Armand Guillaumin had consigned some of his paintings to him in 1887.
• At n°56, the Vandoren clarinet and saxophone reed manufacturer. Their premium reed brand is named after this address.
• At n°59, lived the painter Charles Léandre in 1910; former site of Moulin de la Fontaine-Saint-Denis.
• At n°64, once lived satirical cartoonist Forain in 1875.
• At n°65, adjacent to avenue Junot, is site of the Moulin-Neuf (1741).
• At n°72, former workshop of Félix Ziem.
• At n°73, site of the Moulin-Vieux, which was demolished in 1860.
• At n°77, Moulin de la Galette and Moulin le Radet.
• At n°85 à 87, Moulin de la Petite-Tour construction dating from 1647.
• At n°87, once lived Willette.
• At n°89 à 93, Moulin de la Vieille-Tour, built in 1623.
• At n°95 à 99, site of the Moulin-du-Palais, built in 1640.
• At n°98, Louis-Ferdinand Céline resided.
• At n°100, Austrian doctor David Gruby built an observatory on the roof of the building in 1860.
• Au n°102, rough site of Moulin de la Grande-Tour, a tower constructed in stone which was taken down before the French Revolution.
• At n°112, resided Jean-Baptiste Clément in 1891.