Rose Wylie Wins John Moores Painting Prize aged 80

Rose Wylie

Artist Rose Wylie has won one of the UK’s most prestigious painting awards at the age of 80.

The £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize, which has been handed out in Liverpool, is Wylie’s latest accolade after being belatedly discovered by the art world.

Her paintings have begun to receive recognition in the past five years.

In 2013, Wylie, from Kent, staged an exhibition at Tate Britain and was described as “a national treasure” by fellow artist Cornelia Parker.

Unlike the Turner Prize, which excludes artists over the age of 50, the John Moores Prize has no upper age limit.  More