Hoschedé

Hoschedé is a French surname. The name is best known in connection with the late 19th-century art world, particularly through Ernest Hoschedé, a French department-store owner and generous patron of the arts, and his daughter Alice Hoschedé, who became the partner and later wife of the painter Claude Monet.

Ernest Hoschedé was a wealthy businessman whose financial support helped sustain Monet and other artists during a formative period of the Impressionist circle. After financial difficulties, the Hoschedé family remained closely linked with Monet, and Alice Hoschedé became a prominent figure in Monet’s life. In 1892 Monet and Alice married, and she joined him at his home in Giverny, where she and her presence influenced the household and, to some extent, the artist’s circle and works of that era.

Because of these associations, the surname Hoschedé appears in discussions of Monet and the broader history of Impressionism. The name itself remains relatively uncommon in France, but it is chiefly remembered for its connection to the Monet circle and the patronage networks that supported late 19th-century French art.