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Helen Gee (1919–2004) was an American art gallery owner, co-owner of the Limelight gallery in New York City.〔Loke, Margaret, ("Helen Gee, Pioneer in Sales of Photos as Art, Dies at 85" ), ''New York Times'', 13 October 2004, accessed on 21 November 2013〕〔Aletti, Vince, ("Helen Gee 1919–2004" ), ''Village Voice'' (New York, NY), 12 October 2004, accessed on 21 November 2013〕 She was born as Helen Charlotte Wimmer in Jersey City, New Jersey, and went to New York when she was sixteen to live with renowned modernist painter, Yun Gee.〔Staff, ("Helen Gee, 85; Her Gallery Pioneered Sales of Photographs as Art" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', 14 October 2004, accessed on 21 November 2013〕 They were married in 1942. They had a daughter, artist Li-lan, in 1943 and were subsequently divorced in 1947〔〔 She later married Kevin Sullivan, but that ended in divorce.〔 Gee taught herself transparency retouching for a living.〔 In the 1950s, she came across a photography show at the Museum of Modern Art, which inspired her interest in photography.〔 In 1954 she opened New York's first important post-war photography gallery along with her sister and brother in-law, the Limelight, on Seventh Avenue South and Barrow Street.〔 Although the gallery closed in 1961 due to financial pressure, it had pioneered sales of photographs as art.〔 In the late 1970s Gee worked as a photography curator, lecturer and writer.〔 In 1997 she published her memoir of her time with the Limelight, itself titled ''Limelight: A Memoir''.〔〔Tallmer, Jerry, ("Helen Gee, 85, proprietor of famed Limelight cafe" ), ''The Villager'' (New York, NY), 20–26 October 2004, accessed on 12 November 2013〕 Gee's gallery was inside a coffee shop, and the ''Village Voices first Obie Awards ceremony was held at her café.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helen Gee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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