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The Artists' Retreat (or House of Artists) is a Brazilian institution that houses aging artists who are undergoing financial difficulties, mental health issues or have been abandoned by their families and have no place to live. The Retreat is in Pechincha, in the West Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The institution was founded in 1918 by the actor Leopoldo Froes along with journalist Irineu Marinho, based on a similar French retreat Maison de retraite des artistes de Pont-aux-Dames, the latter created by Benoît-Constant Coquelin and the baron Isidore Taylor in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames.

The residents of the Artists' Retreat receive food, room and board as part of their stay, and attend psyiotherapy sessions as well as beauty services. The residents still work and show their works in an onsite cultural center, as well as give lessons to beginners.

The Retreat depends on donations in many forms, from money to clothing, food, appliances, furniture and volunteer work.

Residents
Updated June 15, 2023

Current residents, according to the Retreat list