Clarisse Coudert
Clarisse Coudert was the first wife of Condé Montrose NastCondé Montrose NastCondé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) was an American magazine publisher and the founder of Condé Nast Publications. After running advertising for Collier’s Weekly, he bought Vogue in 1909 and went on to publish House & Garden and Vanity Fair, championing the “class publication” aimed at a defined readership; he lost control of his company after the 1929 stock market crash.Open the full entry and came from a New York society family of French descent. They married in 1902 and had a son, Charles, and a daughter, Natica; her social background helped Nast enter New York society. They separated in 1919 and divorced in 1925.
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1902Marriage to Condé Montrose Nast
In 1902 Condé Montrose Nast married Clarisse Coudert, a society woman of French descent. Their son, Charles, was born in 1903 and their daughter, Natica, in 1905. The Encyclopedia of World Biography notes that her background gave Nast an entrance into New York society.[1]
1906Living in France
In 1906 Clarisse took the children to live in France, where she socialized with artists, poets and photographers such as Auguste Rodin, Rainer Maria Rilke and Edward SteichenEdward SteichenEdward Steichen (1879–1973) was a Luxembourg-born American photographer who joined Alfred Stieglitz in founding the Photo-Secession in 1902 to promote photography as a fine art. He became known for portraits of artists and celebrities in the 1920s and ’30s, organized a U.S. Navy unit to photograph the war at sea in World War II, and in 1955 organized the exhibition The Family of Man.Open the full entry. The children returned home after a year, while she stayed in Europe for another year.[1]
1919–1925Separation and Divorce
In 1919 she moved out of the couple’s Park Avenue apartment, and they divorced in 1925. Nast continued to pay her $10,000 a year, even after she remarried and divorced again.[1]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Condé NastCondé NastCondé Nast is a global media company based in New York whose brands include Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired. It grew out of the publishing business Condé Montrose Nast built after buying Vogue in 1909, was acquired by Samuel I. Newhouse in 1959 and belongs to Advance, the Newhouse family’s private company. After Roger Lynch stepped down as chief executive in September 2026, lead independent director Mike Perlis became interim CEO.Open the full entry: Official website: https://www.condenast.com/ (opens in a new window).[2]