Blanche Hoschedé Monet (10 November 1865 – 8 December 1947) was a French painter who was both the stepdaughter and the daughter-in-law of

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Durin ...

Early life

Ernest and Alice Hoschedé

Blanche Hoschedé was born in

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, the second daughter of Ernest Hoschedé and

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early in his career. In 1876, he commissioned Claude Monet to paint decorative panels in the round drawing room, in his residence, the ''château de Rottembourg'', in

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. In 1877, Ernest Hoschedé went bankrupt and his art collection was auctioned off.

Life with the Monets

Ernest Hoschedé, Alice, and their six children moved into a house in

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with Monet, his wife Camille, and their two sons, Jean and the infant Michel. Ernest, however, spent most of his time in Paris, and eventually went to Belgium. After the death of Camille in Vétheuil on 5 September 1879, Alice and her children continued living with Monet. In 1881, they moved to

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, and finally settled in their home in Giverny in 1883. Although Ernest and Alice Hoschedé never divorced, Claude Monet and Alice went on living together until after the death of Ernest in 1891. Claude Monet and Alice Hoschedé got married on 16 July 1892.

Education

The only child in the Hoschedé-Monet household to become interested in art, Blanche began painting at the age of eleven and developed a fond relationship with Claude Monet. She visited his studio as well as

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's. By the time she was 17 years old, she was Monet's assistant and only student, often painting

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alongside him, painting the same subject with the same colors. Blanche also painted alongside American expatriates

Theodore Earl Butler Theodore Earl Butler, (1861–1936) was an American impressionist painter. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he ...

and John Leslie Breck. Monet stopped the romance that had developed between Blanche and Breck, while he allowed Butler to marry Blanche's sister, Suzanne Hoschedé, in 1892. The art dealer

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purchased a ''Haystack'' painting by Blanche, and it currently is displayed in Monet's house in Giverny. In January 1888, while in Antibes, Monet encouraged Blanche to submit a work to the Salon.

Jean and Claude Monet

Blanche married Claude Monet's eldest son, Jean Monet, in 1897. The couple lived in Rouen, where Jean worked as a chemist for his uncle Léon Monet, and until 1913 in Beaumont-le-Roger. Her mother, Alice, died on 19 May 1911, and Jean on 10 February 1914, after a long illness. Overcome with grief, Claude Monet suffered from depression and, from that point on, Blanche took over her father-in-law's household. She watched over him as his eyesight was failing him to the point he believed he was going blind.

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, their common friend, called her Monet's "Blue Angel". After Monet's death on 5 December 1926, and for twenty years until her own in 1947, she took on the responsibility of the house and gardens at Giverny. She died in

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, aged 82.

Career

Blanche Hoschedé Monet, Grainstack or Haystack, 1889

Most of Blanche's works were done in Giverny from 1883 to 1897, which was similar to that of Monet's work, and around Rouen. She "adopted an almost pure form of

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." She painted landscapes with trees such as

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s and poplars, and meadows along the

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river. In the 1920s, she also painted on several occasions at Georges Clemenceau's property in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard (

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department) in the west of France, where she made paintings of the garden, house and the

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. After Monet's death, she remained in Giverny and continued painting. Recognizing her body of work, a street bears her name in the village of Giverny. Dr. Janine Burke believes that Blanche may have assisted Monet in the painting of the ''Grandes Décorations''. Monet had trained and encouraged Blanche as an artist. In a chapter on Blanche and Monet in ''Source: Nature's Healing Role in Art and Writing'' (2009), Burke comments, "Given the sheer scale of the surfaces to be covered in the ''Grandes Décorations'', it is logical to consider Monet had an assistant, and who better than Blanche?"

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 1927 - Galerie

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, Paris: Blanche Hoschedé (November 7–18, 1927) * 1931 - Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris: Blanche Hoschedé Monet (March 9–20, 1931) * 1942 - Galerie Daber, Paris: Blanche Hoschedé ( October 16- November 7, 1942) * 1947 - Galerie d’art Drouot Provence, Paris: Blanche Hoschedé Monet (March 14- April 14, 1947)

Group exhibitions

* Many times between 1905 and 1954 - ''Salon des Indépendants'' * Many times between 1907 and 1935 - ''Salon de la Société des Artistes Rouennais'' * 1954 - Galerie Zak, Paris, November 19-December 3, 1954. * 1928 - Galerie Georges Petit, ''Catalogue des œuvres importantes Camille

Pissarro Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( , ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). H ...

et de tableaux, pastels, aquarelles, dessins, gouaches par

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, Cézanne, Édouard Dufeu,

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, Blanche Hoschedé, Jongkind, Le Bail,

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, Claude Monet, Piette,

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, Signac,

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, van Rysselberghe, etc..'' * 1957 - Vernon, Blanche-Hoschedé-Monet * 1959 -

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: Blanche Hoschedé Monet, Henry Ottman * 1960 - Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York: Claude Monet and the Giverny Artists * 1988 - Modern Art Museum Ibaraki,

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, Fukushima: Monet and his Friends * 1991 - AG Poulain, Vernon: Blanche Hoschedé Monet

Collections

Blanche Hoschedé Monet's works are in the following museums: * Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Albi: ''Port de Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat'' * Musée Clemenceau, Paris: ''Garden in Giverny'' * Maison de Georges Clemenceau, Belebat: ''The Garden of Clemenceau'' and ''The Garden and the House'' *

Musée Marmottan Monet Musée Marmottan Monet ( en, Marmottan Museum of Monet) is an art museum in Paris, France, dedicated to artist Claude Monet. The collection features over three hundred Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, including his 1 ...

, Paris: ''Along the River'' and ''House of Sorel-Moussel'' *

: ''Poplars along the River,'' ''Pivoines'', and ''Claude Monet’s Garden'' *

Musée des Augustins The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The paintings are from throughout France, the sculptures represe ...

, Toulouse: ''The Garden and House of Claude Monet in Giverny'' * Musée de la Cohue, Vannes: ''Le bassin, temps gris'' * Musée A.G. Poulain, Vernon: ''House of Claude Monet'', ''L’étang de Giverny'', ''Beach in Normandy'', and ''The Cabbage'' *

Fondation Monet in Giverny The Fondation Claude Monet is a nonprofit organisation that runs and preserves the house and gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny, France, where Monet lived and painted for 43 years. Monet was inspired by his gardens, and spent years transforming ...

Works

Partial list of Blanche Hoschedé Monet's works: * ''The Banks of the Seine,'' oil on canvas * ''Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny,'' oil on canvas * ''A Corner of the Garden at Giverny in Spring,'' oil on canvas * ''Flowers in a Copper Vase,'' oil on canvas * ''The Garden,'' oil on cardboard * ''The Garden,'' 1904, oil on canvas * ''The Garden at Giverny,'' 1927, oil on canvas * ''Garden Flowers, '' 1930, oil on canvas * ''The Gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny,'' oil on canvas * ''Giverny: Rose Bush and Lilies,'' oil on canvas * ''Haystack,'' oil on canvas * ''The Japanese Bridge in Monet's Garden,'' oil on canvas * ''The Lake,'' oil on canvas * ''The Monet Rose Garden,'' oil on canvas * ''Monet's Rose Garden at Giverny,'' oil on canvas * ''A Road near Giverny,'' oil on canvas * ''Still Life with Asters, Pitcher and Apples,'' oil on canvas * ''Water Lilies,'' 1946, oil on canvas * ''Water Lilies,'' oil on canvas * ''Water Lilies at Giverny,'' oil on canvas * ''Willows by the Pond in Giverny,'' oil on canvas

Popular culture

A movie entitled ''Monet, la lumière blanche'', directed by Chantal Picault, will be produced including the following actors: *

played by Gérard Depardieu *Blanche Hoschedé Monet played by

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played by

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