Helen Lessore


Helen Lessore Officer of the Order of the [British Empire|OBE] was a British gallerist and the director of the Beaux Arts Gallery in London, England. She was also a painter.

Early life

She was born Helen Brook on 31 October 1907 in London, England. Her father, Abraham Brook, had come to London from Lithuania. Her mother, Edith Berliner, was English, from a Frankfurt family of Spanish descent.
Brook studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1924 to 1928.
She married the sculptor and gallerist Frederick Lessore in 1934. They had two sons, Henry Lessore, a writer, born 1937, and John Lessore, an artist, born 1939.

Career

Artist

A full retrospective of Lessore's paintings was exhibited at the Fine Art Society in London in 1987. Her paintings can be found in public collections around Great Britain, including the Tate Britain. and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Recognition

In the 1958 Birthday Honours, Lessore was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services to the arts.