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Alice Hoschedé, 1844-1911

Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1844
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 1911.05.14
Place of Death:

Identity:

Alice Hoschedé was the second wife of Claude Monet. She began an affair with Monet in 1878-9 when she was still married to the collector Ernest Hoschedé.

Life:

Beset by financial crises, the Hoschedés and the Monets had set up a joint household at Vétheuil on the Seine. Camille Monet died of tuberculosis in 1879 and Ernest Hoschedé left for Paris hoping to regain his fortune. Monet and Alice eventually married in 1892 after the death of Hoschedé.

Bibliography:

Isaacson, J., 'Claude Monet: Life and Work, (ii) The 1870s and 1880s,' Grove Dictionary of Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 18 August 2004); Who Was Who: a companion to Who's Who, vol. 1, 1897/1915, London, 1920-21.