He was born in 1878 a period of his mother"s ill health, which worsened following the birth of her son. His other brother was Jean, who was born in 1867. By the time of his mother"s death, Alice Hoschedé and her children were living with the Monets at Vétheuil.
Michel Monet was the second son born to Claude and Camille Monet. She died September 5, 1879 probably of uterine cancer. After Camille Monet"s death in 1879, Monet and Alice (along with the children from the two respective families) continued living together at Poissy and later at Giverny.
Claude Monet, Portrait of Michel in a Pompom Hat Claude Monet, Monet"s garden at Vétheuil, 1880, Michel Monet and Jean-Pierre Hoschedé Claude Monet, Jean-Pierre Hoschedé et Michel Monet au bord de l"Epte, 1890, National Gallery of Canada Monet and his step-brother Jean-Pierre Hoschedé served the military during As he never spent time in Giverny, Blanche Hoschedé Monet became the caretaker.
She was the daughter of Alice and the widow of Jean Monet. She was aided by the former head gardener Louis Lebret.
After Blanche died in 1947, the garden was neglected. Michel Monet died heirless in a car crash in 1966.
He had bequeathed the estate to the Académie des beaux-arts
From 1977 onwards, Gérald Van der Kemp, then curator at the Château de Versailles played a key role in the restoration of the House and Gardens, which had been left in a desolate state. In 1966, Michel Monet left the Musée Marmottan Monet his own collection of his father"s work, thus creating the world"s largest collection of Monet paintings. He died in 1966 and is buried at the Giverny Church Cemetery, Giverny, France.
