Michel Monet

His mother's already failing health worsened after his birth and she died on 5 September 1879, probably of uterine cancer.

The two families moved from Paris to Vétheuil in August 1878 and after Camille's death in 1879, Monet, Alice and the eight children continued living together.

[4] Michel Monet and his step-brother Jean-Pierre Hoschedé served in the French Army during World War I.

[8] Michel never spent time in Giverny and Blanche Hoschedé Monet, his stepsister and sister-in-law, became the caretaker of the house and garden until her death in 1947.

From 1977 onwards, Gérald Van der Kemp, then curator at the Château de Versailles, played a key role in the restoration of Claude Monet's house and gardens, which had been left in a desolate state.