All you art loving people out there. A friend inherited this painting and they were told it was a Dutch artist but they can’t find any information. Anyone recognize the style or know the name?

Zoë Warcup is the artist name. I couldn’t find any info either.

Hmm that name doesn't sound very Dutch to me. Although writing the name with the dots on the E is how we would write it here. I'm finding an unused twitter account with the name that from the pages followed looks like the person could be English, so that's probably not it.

It’s an older painting. I highly doubt there’d be a Twitter account for the artist.

He said that when he was a kid he was told it’s a Dutch artist and the image is of a disabled girl probably from polio.

From the clothing style 1940s or 50s seems likely, so that would coincide with the spike of polio.

I was thinking that. But is it a Dutch artist?

Get a dutch art appraiser for this, might be an obscure artist

yeah I was thinking the same thing, if there's no hits at all for it online taking it to an expert might be the best option. Again, it doesn't sound like a Dutch last name, but then it might have been an expat from an english-speaking country. Spelling it Zoë rather than Zoe is definitely a Dutch thing.

That's definitely the kind of frame you use for precious art, but it's possible this one was precious because of the sitter and not the artist in this case. Does your friend know who the girl is? Probably a family member?

If there is nothing about Zoë Warcup at all online, then it's safe to say she's not a famous artist. Not talking about social media; even minor artists get mentioned somewhere, and their images can be googled.

Your friend probably isn't going to find anything without talking to a professional.

Actually, google did bring up something.

This is a list of radio broadcasts by a guy named John Simpson, who, based on this list, seems to have had a show where he talked to regular folks in various British towns, large and small. Zoe Warcup is way at the end of the list, in a 1982 episode.

Hello - Picture Oxon

The locale is Asthall and Asthall Leigh, and she's listed as "Zoe Warcup, painter." Nothing else is said. Google also mentions a Frances Zoe Warcup née Joy who was born in 1913 and died in 1995. Not sure if it's the same person, but it's plausible.

Ancestry lists a Zoë Elizabeth Warcup on some ship manifests to the UK, SA and Wellington, NZ, born around 1942.

My mom picked this up somewhere. I dragged it out to the museum one day to see an expert and he figured the frame was worth more than the painting. The painting was probably done by a student. I like to think a very proud parent had it framed. I love what Lette says about the preciousness of the subject.

🔹nkaru🔹 : That's a gorgeous frame

I think the frame is worth more than the painting too. He inherited the painting it’s not a family member or anything like that. Sounds like she might’ve been that artist that got interviewed by that radio guy Lette mentioned.
Thanks everyone! I’ll pass this info on to my friend.