Reintroduced for the Anniversary Collection, one piece has won everyone over: the Painter's Blouse is our staff pick.
It made its debut in our Autumn–Winter 2019–2020 collection about Venice.
Painter’s Blouses worn as they should be, where they should be, by Diane and Caroline.
This archetype was adopted by artists — painters and sculptors alike — for its practicality. Its success helped shape the storybook image of the maker in the studio.
Henri Matisse painting his model Henriette Darricarrère, Nice (1921)
In 2019, Bourgine reinvented it as an everyday piece, waterproof and hard-wearing.
Here comes a whole range of Painter’s Blouses:
Ernest Louis Désiré Le Deley, École nationale des Beaux-Arts, Humbert Studio (1903)
Camille Claudel sculpting Sakountala (1887)
Rosa Bonheur in her studio (1893)
Claude Monet painting the Water Lilies in Giverny (1915)
Lois Mailou Jones (1938)
Tove Jansson (1947)
Louise Bourgeois (1990)
You may notice a clever topstitching on the front pockets, designed specifically to hold your favorite brushes. That said, no artistic talent is required to wear the Bourgiversion casually.
