Is painting of nude, middle age white woman by listed African American artist Sophie Coors?

Giles Coors from Memphis is on Facebook - perhaps try a message to him thru that site.

 

I have a hunch this “mystery” can be easily solved.

 

Doesn't appear to be her work. Quality is way off. I dont see her painting with Parkinsons but I could be wrong.

 

I completely agree as I stated all along but I also know how Parkinson’s severely impacted an artist friend of mine to the point that his work become unrecognizable yet he thankfully continued to paint as long as he could.

 

Artists with Parkinson's most definitely continue to create, and it affects individuals differently, so it might not have even had much effect. Years ago, a young artist friend developed a tremor in his dominant hand and was initially diagnosed with Parkinson's, but it turned out to be a benign brain tumor - his solution to the tremor was to hold his right hand stable with his left, and I was always amazed at how well that worked for him (it looked so awkward).

~Cheryl

 

Sophie Coors was a professional artist. From her work, it's also clear that she was a woman of sensibility and refinement. The nude is clearly the work of an amateur. (One way to tell is by the black outline used to define the figure's legs and feet. That indicates a lack of training and technique.)

Debora

 

I completely agree that the work is done in a naive style and would never consider this painting to be the work of the listed artist (and I still see underpainting on the signature) but I’m no physician and have no idea how a severely degenerative disease may or may not have affected this artist so at this point I think it’s a meaningless discussion as journeymagazine clearly has a ton of info to follow up on for playing sleuth. Wonder if it could be a younger relative also named Sophie?

 

I second those who see a big difference in style, skill and talent. Be great to hear what the rellos ("relations" in Australian) have to say.

 

Interesting!

 

I will try to contact family and see if it is her.

 

@journeymagazine - are you sure that Sophie Coors was African American? Or did you just jump to that conclusion because of the subject matter of some of her paintings? After poking around a bit on Facebook I'm pretty sure family members are Caucasian (if I am looking at the correct Coors members).

 

I read it I'm sure - but now just waking up I'm going to have to go back and see if I can find it!

 

I think this is what I first found:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/sophie-coors-memphis-tenn-african-118783209

 

The painting reminded me of Manet's 'Olympia'. But it is actually not like Olympia nor La Maja. Funny how the mind tries to find something familiar.

 

Good for him!

 

How about

 

If only she were holding a flower....