Ernest Hoschedé
French businessman, art collector (1837-1891)
(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
Ernest 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.
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