premise: Nearby, their illustrious predecessors Renoir, Van Gogh, and Gauguin lived and worked in the Rue Cortot, Rue de l'Abreuvoir, and Rue Saint-Rustique (site of the restaurant A la Bonne Franquette, where Van Gogh painted his famous La Guinguette).
hypothesis: They were separate from their predecessors who had lived and worked in a different city.