It's True!

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 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. The prize comes 60 years after she began studying at Folkestone and Dover School of Art. But she received more attention at the time as a model in an advertisement for Aero chocolate bars.