BBC director of arts Jonty Claypole paid tribute, saying Sister Wendy had "a unique presentation style, a deep knowledge of and passion for the arts".
He added: "She was a hugely popular BBC presenter and will be fondly remembered by us all. In Sister Wendy's order sent her to Oxford University, where she lodged in a convent, and was awarded a Congratulatory First Class degree in English literature. She returned to South Africa in to teach, but in , with her health deteriorating, the Vatican gave permission for her to pursue a life of solitude and prayer. After obtaining permission to study art in the s - largely through books and postcard reproductions of the great works obtained from galleries - Sister Wendy decided to write a book to earn money for her convent.
But her health began to falter—she was epileptic—and she was permitted to pursue the life of a hermit near a convent of Carmelite nuns in East Anglia. According to a New York Times profile, Sister Wendy moved into a rickety trailer in the forest, where she prayed for seven hours each day and subsisted on little more than coffee, crackers and skim milk.
She had regular contact with just one other person: the nun who brought her milk and the mail. In the s, Sister Wendy obtained permission from her superiors to start studying art, which she did by combing through books and examining postcard reproductions of famous works. Hoping to earn some money for the Carmelite order, Sister Wendy began writing about art for British Journals, and in published her first book, Contemporary Women Artists.
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