Blanche Hoschede Monet (1865 - 1947) France. Gouache on Paper. Measure 3"in H x 5 1/4"in W and 11"in H x 14"in W with frame. Name variants: Blanche Hoschede-Monet. At Giverny, home of French Impressionist painter Claude Monet, Blanche Hoschedé painted for her own pleasure, adopting an almost pure form of Impressionism. At times it was difficult to distinguish her work from Monet's, especially during her first years in Giverny when she sometimes carried Monet's easel and canvases on a wheel-barrow. Then after helping him get situated, she would set her own easel and paint. In fact, most of her work was done "en plein-aire" because she did not have an atelier, and many of her scenes were of Monet's garden and its surroundings. Clemenceau called Blanche "The Blue Angel" because she spent her time taking care of Claude Monet until his last days, and during his illness, she gave up painting until after Monet's death. Most of her works were done in Giverny and around Rouen. She painted in Giverny from 1883 to 1897 and then from 1926 to 1947. She eventually decided to have a solo show at Bernheim Jeune, in 1931.

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