Blanche Hoschedé-Monet Gets First US Solo Show at Indiana Museum

Blanche Hoschedé-Monet, stepdaughter and daughter-in-law of Claude Monet, is the subject of her first US solo exhibition, 'Blanche Hoschedé-Monet in the Light,' at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art in Bloomington, Indiana, running until June 15, 2025. The show brings together over forty paintings highlighting her unique Impressionist style. Born in 1865 to a wealthy family, her father Ernest Hoschedé was an early patron of Monet. After financial troubles, the Hoschedé and Monet households merged, and Blanche later married Monet's son, becoming both stepdaughter and daughter-in-law. She assisted Monet in Giverny, carrying his canvases and easel, even rowing a canoe for his morning Seine views. She created numerous landscapes and still lifes with Impressionist traits but greater detail. After her husband's death, she moved permanently to Giverny, supporting Monet until his death, notably helping with the large Water Lilies canvases when his eyesight failed. On June 29, 2020, Sotheby's auctioned her painting 'Giverny, Rosaio e Ninfee' for $56,250. In 2024, a museum in Vernon, Normandy was named after her.