Blanche Hoschedé-Monet joined the Monet household in 1877 after her father went bankrupt; Claude Monet later married her mother. He also encouraged Blanche’s painting.

TWENTY MINUTES by bus from the mad bling of Cannes, up a side street in a quiet, hilltop town, is a museum unique in Europe. Arriving there last week, the first painting I saw was of the garden at Giverny: the celebrated bridge surrounded by a flurry of foliage and water, all greens and blues with dashes of orange and pinks. Classic Monet: but not by Claude. The creator of this work has, on closer inspection, taken a different view of the garden, from slightly higher ground, giving more attention to the flowers than Monet usually did.

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