Helen Stein was born in New York and attended the Art Students League where she studied with John Sloan, among others.  She first came to Gloucester in 1927 and after a short stay in Paris, moved here permanently in 1930, making her home on Marble Road in East Gloucester.

Stein played an essential role in shaping the fabric of the East Gloucester and Rocky Neck art colony and promoting modern art in the area.  She was a friend of Marsden Hartley (although that friendship ended when she married artist Ernest Thurn in 1936) and of poet Charles Olson.

	Portrait of Marsden Hartley Artist: Helen Stein Date of Work: c.1934 Medium: Oil on cardboard Accession Number: 2545 Credit Line: Gift of James F. and Jean Baer O'Gorman, 1986 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits
	Untitled (Still Life) Artist: Helen Stein Date of Work: undated Medium: Oil on paper Accession Number: 2004.21.3 Credit Line: Gift of Warren Rhodes, 2004 Collections: Uncategorized
	Untitled [Dogtown] Artist: Helen Stein Date of Work: c. early 20th century Medium: Oil on panel Accession Number: 2015.57.13 Credit Line: Gift of James F. and Jean Baer O’Gorman, 2015 Collections: Land and Seascapes

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