Last week, Rose Wylie became the first female painter to have a solo show in the Royal Academy’s main galleries. She tells ...

The British artist Rose Wylie is known for her giant, exuberant figurative paintings that combine an eclectic and idiosyncratic range of references taken from across art history, ancient civilisations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rose Wylie, who only gained recognition in later life, says it's "wrong" that paintings by men still sell for more than those by ...

At 88, Rose Wylie still cherishes the idea that to be an artist is to defy convention. Take her studio, on the upper floor of her cottage in Kent, a couple of hours from London, where she’s lived for ...

Underestimated for too long, Wylie is now wanted by galleries worldwide and her giant, wild, witty paintings – of Hollywood stars, soccer greats, black swans and flying bombs – fetch huge sums. We ...

Now 91, Rose Wylie is making history as the first female painter to take over the main galleries of the Royal Academy ...