Blanche Hoschede-Monet in the Light

<p><b>The first major monographic publication in English on the work of Blanche Hoschedé-Monet (1865-1947), the step-daughter, and later, daughter-in-law, of Claude Monet.</b></p><p>Accompanying an eponymous exhibition, <i>Blanche Hoschedé-Monet in the Light</i> is the first volume to introduce this important woman artist, whose life and work were shaped by the artistic community she helped build at Giverny, and is the result of a long-term collaboration between French and American scholars. Across four essays, the authors approach Hoschedé-Monet’s art and life through a variety of viewpoints. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, including Blanche’s sketchbook, and new photography of Hoschedé-Monet’s largely unknown artworks, this new book constitutes a definitive account of her life and art.</p><p>The volume brings together approximately forty-six paintings from both French and American public and private collections, the vast majority of which have never been on seen in the United States. Three paintings by Claude Monet— <i>Le Bassin d’Argenteuil </i>(1874), <i>Cliff Walk at Pourville</i> (1882), and <i>Morning on the Seine, Giverny</i> (1897) illustrate points of comparison and divergence between Claude Monet and Blanche Hoschedé, the only one of the Hoschedé or Monet children to pursue painting.</p>