Suzanne Hoschedé
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Suzanne Hoschedé was the eldest daughter of Alice Hoschedé
and Ernest Hoschedé
, the stepdaughter and favorite model of French
impressionist
painter Claude Monet
, and wife of American impressionist
painter Theodore Earl Butler
. Suzanne is known as The Woman with a Parasol in Monet's painting of 1886.
, (1837–1891), a wealthy department store owner and patron of the arts. Both families then shared a house in Vétheuil
during the summer. After her husband (Ernest Hoschedé
) became bankrupt, and left in 1878 for Belgium, and after the death of Monet's wife Camille
in September 1879, and while Monet continued to live in the house in Vétheuil; Alice Hoschedé
(1844–1911), helped Monet to raise his two sons, Jean and Michel, by taking them to Paris to live alongside her own six children. They were Blanche Hoschedé Monet
, (who eventually married Jean Monet), Germaine, Suzanne Hoschedé, Marthe, Jean-Pierre, and Jacques. In the spring of 1880, Alice Hoschedé and all the children left Paris and rejoined Monet, still living in the house in Vétheuil. In 1881, all of them moved to Poissy
, which Monet hated. In April 1883, looking out the window of the little train between Vernon and Gasny, he discovered Giverny. They next moved to Vernon
, then to a house in Giverny
, Eure
, in Upper Normandy
, where he planted a large garden and where he painted for much of the rest of his life. Following the death of her estranged husband in 1891, Alice Hoschedé married Claude Monet in 1892.
and Paul César Helleu
. Despite Claude Monet’s initial objections to his stepdaughter Suzanne Hoschedé's marriage to American
painter Theodore Earl Butler
, he relented after discovering the wealth of Butler’s family. The marriage occurred a few days after Monet’s wedding.
Theodore Earl Butler (1861–1936), married Suzanne Hoschedé July 20, 1892. The event is described by Theodore Robinson
in his diaries as
a great day - The marriage of Butler and Mlle. Suzanne." Everybody nearly at the church - the peasants - many almost unrecognizable. Picard very fine, the wedding party in full dress – ceremony first at the mairie - then at the church. Monet entering first with Suzanne, then Butler and Mme. H (Hoschede). Considerable feeling on the part of the parents - a breakfast at the atelier – lasting most of the afternoon. Frequent showers, champagne and gaiety - … Dinner and evening at the Monets bride and groom left at 7.30 for the Paris train.
The event was also immortalized in a painting by Theodore Robinson titled The Wedding March. Theodore Butler became a key player and a link between the American colony of expatriate artists in France and Claude Monet
. Butler painted a series of paintings of his own family, after son Jimmy Butler was born in 1893, and daughter Lilly Butler was born in 1894. Those paintings described the daily life of the family. Most of them were done indoors. Those paintings included series entitled The Bath, After the Bath, and Playing with Jimmy. Butler developed his own impressionist style with light palettes and loose brushstrokes, reminiscent of works done by Edouard Vuillard
and Pierre Bonnard
. From his garden he painted numerous landscapes showing the church of Giverny, The Demoiselles (small haystacks) and the grain stacks.
After a lingering illness, Suzanne Hoschedé died in 1899. Thereafter most of Butler’s paintings were of landscapes. Marthe Hoschedé, Suzanne’s youngest sister, helped Butler raise Jimmy and Lilly. In 1899 Theodore Earl Butler decided to go back to the United States
for a brief six month stay. He married Marthe Hoschedé in 1900.
Alice Hoschedé
Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet was the wife of department store magnate and art collector Ernest Hoschedé MFA Boston: Street Singer by Manet...
and Ernest Hoschedé
Ernest Hoschedé
Ernest Hoschedé was a department store magnate in Paris. MFA Boston: Street Singer by Manet. He was best known as a patron of Claude Monet and other Impressionist painters, and the first husband of Monet's second wife, Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet. In 1876, Hoschedé commissioned Monet to paint...
, the stepdaughter and favorite model of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
impressionist
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
painter Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
, and wife of American impressionist
American Impressionism
Impressionism, a style of painting characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors, was practiced widely among American artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-An emerging artistic style from Paris:...
painter Theodore Earl Butler
Theodore Earl Butler
Theodore Earl Butler, an American impressionist painter, he was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Giverny, France, May 2, 1936.-Biography:...
. Suzanne is known as The Woman with a Parasol in Monet's painting of 1886.
Background
In 1878 Monet and his family temporarily moved into the home of Ernest HoschedéErnest Hoschedé
Ernest Hoschedé was a department store magnate in Paris. MFA Boston: Street Singer by Manet. He was best known as a patron of Claude Monet and other Impressionist painters, and the first husband of Monet's second wife, Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet. In 1876, Hoschedé commissioned Monet to paint...
, (1837–1891), a wealthy department store owner and patron of the arts. Both families then shared a house in Vétheuil
Vétheuil
Vétheuil is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Vétheuil is located in the arrondissement of Pontoise in the Val-d'Oise department.-Personalities:...
during the summer. After her husband (Ernest Hoschedé
Ernest Hoschedé
Ernest Hoschedé was a department store magnate in Paris. MFA Boston: Street Singer by Manet. He was best known as a patron of Claude Monet and other Impressionist painters, and the first husband of Monet's second wife, Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet. In 1876, Hoschedé commissioned Monet to paint...
) became bankrupt, and left in 1878 for Belgium, and after the death of Monet's wife Camille
Camille Doncieux
Camille Doncieux was the first wife of French painter Claude Monet.She modeled for her husband on several occasions, including for the painting Camille, "The Woman in the Green Dress". In addtion to being Monet's favoured model, she also modelled for Pierre-August Renoir and Édouard Manet.Camille...
in September 1879, and while Monet continued to live in the house in Vétheuil; Alice Hoschedé
Alice Hoschedé
Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet was the wife of department store magnate and art collector Ernest Hoschedé MFA Boston: Street Singer by Manet...
(1844–1911), helped Monet to raise his two sons, Jean and Michel, by taking them to Paris to live alongside her own six children. They were Blanche Hoschedé Monet
Blanche Hoschedé Monet
Blanche Hoschedé Monet is a French painter who was both the step daughter and the daughter-in law of Claude Monet. She was born in Paris, November 10, 1865 and died in Giverny in 1947.-Biography:...
, (who eventually married Jean Monet), Germaine, Suzanne Hoschedé, Marthe, Jean-Pierre, and Jacques. In the spring of 1880, Alice Hoschedé and all the children left Paris and rejoined Monet, still living in the house in Vétheuil. In 1881, all of them moved to Poissy
Poissy
Poissy is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center.In 1561 it was the site of a fruitless Catholic-Huguenot conference, the Colloquy at Poissy...
, which Monet hated. In April 1883, looking out the window of the little train between Vernon and Gasny, he discovered Giverny. They next moved to Vernon
Vernon, Eure
Vernon is a commune in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.It lies on the banks of the Seine River, about midway between Paris and Rouen...
, then to a house in Giverny
Giverny
Giverny is a commune in the Eure department in north-western France. It is best known as the location of Claude Monet's garden and home.-Location:Giverny sits on the "right bank" of the River Seine where the river Epte meets the Seine...
, Eure
Eure
Eure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.- History :Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
, in Upper Normandy
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
, where he planted a large garden and where he painted for much of the rest of his life. Following the death of her estranged husband in 1891, Alice Hoschedé married Claude Monet in 1892.
Marriage
Claude Monet married his longtime companion Alice Hoschedé on the 16th of July 1892. The witnesses were the painters Gustave CaillebotteGustave Caillebotte
Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group...
and Paul César Helleu
Paul César Helleu
Paul César Helleu was a French artist best known for his portraits of many of the most famous and beautiful women of his time including the Duchess of Marlborough, the Countess of Greffulhe, the Marchesa Casati and Belle da Costa Greene.-Biography:He was born in Vannes, Brittany, France...
. Despite Claude Monet’s initial objections to his stepdaughter Suzanne Hoschedé's marriage to American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
painter Theodore Earl Butler
Theodore Earl Butler
Theodore Earl Butler, an American impressionist painter, he was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Giverny, France, May 2, 1936.-Biography:...
, he relented after discovering the wealth of Butler’s family. The marriage occurred a few days after Monet’s wedding.
Theodore Earl Butler (1861–1936), married Suzanne Hoschedé July 20, 1892. The event is described by Theodore Robinson
Theodore Robinson
Theodore Robinson was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes. He was one of the first American artists to take up impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close friendship with Claude Monet...
in his diaries as
a great day - The marriage of Butler and Mlle. Suzanne." Everybody nearly at the church - the peasants - many almost unrecognizable. Picard very fine, the wedding party in full dress – ceremony first at the mairie - then at the church. Monet entering first with Suzanne, then Butler and Mme. H (Hoschede). Considerable feeling on the part of the parents - a breakfast at the atelier – lasting most of the afternoon. Frequent showers, champagne and gaiety - … Dinner and evening at the Monets bride and groom left at 7.30 for the Paris train.
The event was also immortalized in a painting by Theodore Robinson titled The Wedding March. Theodore Butler became a key player and a link between the American colony of expatriate artists in France and Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
. Butler painted a series of paintings of his own family, after son Jimmy Butler was born in 1893, and daughter Lilly Butler was born in 1894. Those paintings described the daily life of the family. Most of them were done indoors. Those paintings included series entitled The Bath, After the Bath, and Playing with Jimmy. Butler developed his own impressionist style with light palettes and loose brushstrokes, reminiscent of works done by Edouard Vuillard
Édouard Vuillard
Jean-Édouard Vuillard was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis.-Early years and education:...
and Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of Les Nabis.-Biography:...
. From his garden he painted numerous landscapes showing the church of Giverny, The Demoiselles (small haystacks) and the grain stacks.
After a lingering illness, Suzanne Hoschedé died in 1899. Thereafter most of Butler’s paintings were of landscapes. Marthe Hoschedé, Suzanne’s youngest sister, helped Butler raise Jimmy and Lilly. In 1899 Theodore Earl Butler decided to go back to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
for a brief six month stay. He married Marthe Hoschedé in 1900.