International Day of the Romanian Blouse Ie celebrated worldwide

The online community La Blouse Roumaine  proposed the celebration the International Day of the Romanian Blouse Ie on June 24, when the Sanziene holiday is also celebrated.

According to their official page, 48 countries and 109 cities took part at the event, with people wearing the traditional blouse. The airline company Blue Air dressed their female crew with Ie blouses, while the passengers with the same dress-code received a gift.

“La blouse roumaine” is the name of a painting signed by Henri Matisse in 1940, which consists of a series of portraits dedicated to Romanian Ie. Matisse was fascinated by the Romanian blouse that he discovered through the friendship with the Romanian painter Theodor Pallady. Paper oil “La blouse roumaine” depicts a peasant woman dressed in Ie, with plaits braided crown and placed his hands in his lap. The painting measures 92 X 73 inches and is exposed at the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

By painting “La Blouse Roumaine” Henri Matisse gave it artistic permanence and also international recognition. Indeed the painting had become an icon of Romanians and in particular of Romanian feminists.

Photo courtesy of La Blouse Roumanie Facebook page

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