Ernest Hoschedé

Ernest Hoschedé (died 1891) was a department store magnate in Paris. [http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=33971&coll_keywords=Manet&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_
] MFA Boston: Street Singer by Manet.] He was best known as a patron of Claude Monet and other Impressionist painters, and the first husband of Monet's second wife, Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet. In 1876, Hoschedé commissioned Monet to paint decorative panels for his home in Montgeron. Hoschedé went bankrupt in 1877 and his art collection was auctioned off. This was a blow to the Impressionists, especially Monet. [http://books.google.com/books?id=fwzc62ftRDoC&dq] Heinrich, Christopher, "Monet", Taschen, 2000.] Ernest, Alice, and their children moved into a house in Vétheuil with Monet, Monet's first wife Camille, and their two sons. Ernest, however, spent most of his time in Paris. After Camille Monet's death in 1879, Monet and Alice (along with the children from the two respective families) continued living together at Poissy and later Giverny. Ernest Hoschedé died in 1891 and Alice finally agreed to marry Monet. [http://www.nysun.com/article/53353] The Monet You Don't Know "New York Sun", 28 Apr 2007.]

ee also

*Claude Monet

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