Ernest Hoschedé

(Jean Louis) Ernest Hoschedé (Paris, 18 December 1837 – 19 March 1891) was a French department store magnate in Paris. Also during the successful period of his life, he was an art collector and critic. He lost his Impressionist art collection when he went bankrupt in 1877–1878. He moved his family into the home of Claude Monet in Vétheuil. He then lived in Paris and worked at Le Voltaire and then Magazine Français Illustré. His family continued to live with the Monets before and after his death. The year after his death, his wife Alice Hoschedé married Claude Monet, and was believed to have been Monet's mistress for years.

Early life 64 Rue de Lisbonne, Paris, 1878, Home of Ernest and Alice HoschedéErnest Hoschedé was the son of a wealthy merchant of shawls and fine lace, Casimir Joseph Edouard Hoschedé, and his wife Eugenie Honorine Saintonge.

Marriage

Hoschedé married a Belgian woman, Alice Raingo, who was also from a wealthy family. They lived in Paris at 64 Rue de Lisbonne and had a place at Montgeron, southeast of Paris, Château de Rottembourg. They entertained lavishly at the Château, including hiring a train from Paris to transport guests. He was best known as a patron of Claude Monet and other Impressionist painters. and several landscape paintings. Hoschedé lived an "extravagant lifestyle" Although stunned by Hoschedé's financial failure, Monet was "swift to offer his support", inviting the Hoschedés to live with him and his family. Hoschedé developed a severe case of gout in early 1891 after years of overeating and drinking. As his illness became more severe, Alice came to Paris to care for him.