Clifftop Walk at Pourville

Claude Monet painted Cliff Walk at Pourville in 1882. He repeatedly painted the rise of the cliff at Pourville throughout his summer stay. Here, he depicts Alice Hoschedé and one of her daughters looking out toward the sea. Alice Raingo Hoschedé Monet was the wife of department store magnate and art collector Ernest Hoschedé and later of Monet. In 1876, Ernest Hoschedé commissioned Monet to paint panels for his salon in the Château de Rottembourg at Montgeron, near Paris. Ernest Hoschedé went bankrupt in 1877. Ernest, Alice, and their children moved into a house in Vétheuil with Monet, Monet's first wife Camille, and the Monets' two sons, Jean and Michel. Ernest, however, spent most of his time in Paris. 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. Ernest Hoschedé died in 1891 and Alice agreed to marry Monet in 1892.