In this place, the cradle of Cubism, lived famous artists in the world,  like Pablo Picasso (1904-1909) with his companion Fernande Olivier (It is here that creates the "Portrait of Gertrude Stein" in 1906 and "The Demoiselles d'Avignon" in 1907), Kees van Dongen (1905-1907), Juan Gris (1906), Pierre Mac Orlan (1906), Amedeo Modigliani (1908), André Salmon (1908-1909), Max Jacob (1911) ...
Also passing visitors as Braque, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Rousseau ...

Burned in 1970, it was rebuilt in 1978.

The name of this site pays tribute to Emile Goudeau, journalist, novelist and poet (1849-1906). Founder in 1878 of the circle of "Hydropathes" and co-founder of the cabaret "Le Chat Noir" with Rodolphe Salis.