Helen Lessore

Helen Lessore OBE (31 October 1907 – 6 May 1994) was a British gallerist and the director of the Beaux Arts Gallery in London, England.

[3][better source needed] In 1931, she began to work as a secretary at the Beaux Arts Gallery, which was founded by the sculptor Frederick Lessore, on Bruton Place in London.

[1] In the years following World War II, the Beaux Arts Gallery became noted for championing figurative painting.

In particular, four artists from the Kitchen Sink School became known as the Beaux Arts Quartet: John Bratby, Derrick Greaves, Jack Smith and Edward Middleditch.

[7] In the 1958 Birthday Honours, Lessore was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to the arts.