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Where In the early 1960’s, a young and successful Chicago dermatologist named Irving Distelheim MD, tired of playing golf on his day off, instead began visitng various art galleries on and around the city’s famed Oak Street. He soon became friends with several of the gallery owners, one of whom suggested Distelheim open his own gallery there.
The idea struck a resonant chord, and he decided to pursue it.
Distelheim first contacted several impressive local artists, who signed on. Then his thoughts turned to Paris.
During several trips there he had met artists
whose work he thought.made significant artistic statements.
He decided the focus of the gallery would be American contemporary painters and sculptors and School of Paris. He flew to the City of Lights and contacted several of the artists he wanted to feature.
A few weeks later, Distelheim Art Galleries opened to much fanfare. It grew in prominence as Distelheim began to set up a series of lectures by local artists, art critics, and collectors. Distelheim Art Galleries eventually moved to a bigger space at 67 East Oak Streetand his artistic legacy struck a resonant chord with me.
For 23 years, the gallery remained central to the art scene on Oak Street and across the city.
When my it become too difficult for my father to juggle his medical practice and his art business, he felt the time had come to close Distelheim Art Galleries. My father passed away at 99 years old in 2018.
The idea of paying tribute to my father and his artistic legacy struck a resonant chord with me.I hope you enjoy the art work featured at Distelheim Gallery. ts and creates a place to showcase new art collections, including new work from our exclusive Orange and Black Collection, that includes one of a kind originals, limited edition prints and even luxurious cards and papers.
Lisa Distelheim Barron
Daughter | Founder | Managing Partner
About Lisa Distelheim Barron
Lisa Distelheim Barron, is an award-winning American broadcast and print journalist. Barron has reported for Time Inc., NHK, CNBC, CNN, and CBS News, based in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Amman, Baghdad, Chicago, and New York City.In the late 1980s, while working for Life magazine in London, she became the first western journalist to interview Alexander Dubcek after the Prague Spring. She also reported on the British Royal Family and covered human interest stories across Europe for Life, and on breaking news and feature stories for Time magazine.
Barron began her broadcasting career at Japan’s NHK, where she was an on-air reporter for the English language programs Japan Business Today and Asia Now. Elsewhere in Asia, where Barron was a Hong Kong-based correspondent for CNBC and CNN, she covered everything from politics and business news to culture and natural disasters in China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
In 2003, Barron traveled as a freelancer to Amman, Jordan to cover the impending war in neighboring Iraq, reporting for CBS News Radio, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Star TV, and IHT-TV.
Barron went to Iraq two days after American troops reached Baghdad. She spent the next fourteen months there, covering breaking and developing news as well as human interest stories for CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath, and CBS News New York. Barron won a Gracie Award for her coverage of the discovery of mass graves in Babylon and was part of the CBS News team that received an Edward R. Murrow award for its coverage of Saddam’s capture.
She has edited the personal finance book Get a Financial Life, covered crime and medical stories as a reporter for People magazine, and reported from New York for Reuters and other news organizations.
Barron is currently a Chicago-based producer/writer for Weigel Broadcasting Co. and CBS Television. She worked with Bill Kurtis on CBS Through the Decades for the Decades network, for which she also produced documentaries on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., the 20th anniversary of 9/11 through the eyes of journalists who covered it, and the social, political, and cultural impact of the events of 1968.
Barron has interviewed female icons from Carol Burnett to Diana Nyad and Marcia Clark for the CBS Start TV network, and produced a documentary on the July 4, 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park, IL for the Story network.
About The Artist and Partner
Jefferey Cornett is an artist, creative director, composer, writer and entrepreneur with extensive creative experience in print, broadcast, experiential, web and art who currently resides in Chicago with his better half award winning journalist Lisa Barron.
He spent many years creatively working with consumer brands, retail giants, entertainment and print in major US Publications, corporate and non-profit work until beginning to pursue his artistic passions.
Like Lisa, it is his father’s influence where he attributes his eye and love for art. His father, Don, pursued life with the heart and soul of an artist and created many unique and wonderful works that live on thru this work.
Jefferey Cornett & Lisa Distelheim Barron
The combination of orange and black in art can evoke a wide range of emotions and themes, encompassing power, beauty, and romance. These two colors interact and create captivating artistic expressions in this work and throughout all of art.
Orange is a vibrant and energetic color often associated with power, enthusiasm, and determination. When combined with black, it creates a striking contrast that amplifies the sense of strength and intensity. The combination can be used to represent powerful and dominant emotions or elements in art, such as a fiery sunset, a roaring flame, or a bold and commanding figure.
Orange and black can also create a beautiful and visually striking palette. The warmth of orange and the depth of black complement each other, resulting in an alluring and captivating aesthetic. Artists may use this combination to depict natural scenes, like autumn landscapes where orange leaves stand out against a dark background, or to portray elegant and mysterious subjects in a sophisticated manner.
The combination of orange and black can evoke a sense of romance and allure, especially in more unconventional contexts. In art, it can be used to represent forbidden love, passion, and sensuality. The richness of orange merged with the intensity of black may symbolize the complexities and intensity of deep emotions and relationships.
In various cultures and traditions, orange and black carry symbolic meanings. For example, in Western cultures, black is often associated with darkness, mystery, and the unknown, while orange can symbolize energy, warmth, and change. These contrasting symbolic qualities make the combination suitable for artworks that explore themes related to the balance of light and darkness, life and death, and transformation.
The power, beauty, and romance of orange and black can also be effectively utilized in abstract art. The juxtaposition of the two colors allows artists to experiment with contrasts, patterns, and textures, resulting in visually intriguing and emotionally engaging compositions.
Overall, the power, beauty, and romance of orange and black in art lie in their ability to create strong emotions and convey complex meanings through their striking contrast and symbolic significance. Whether used in representational or abstract art, this color combination has the potential to evoke a profound and lasting impact on viewers.
The use of blue in art has been significant throughout history, and artists have employed this color for various reasons, ranging from symbolism to emotional impact.
Blue has often been associated with the divine or spiritual realms. In Christian art, for example, the Virgin Mary is frequently depicted wearing blue robes, symbolizing purity and divinity.
In certain historical contexts, blue pigments were expensive and rare, making them a symbol of wealth and status. This association with royalty is evident in many portraits and historical paintings.
Blue is often linked to feelings of calm, tranquility, and serenity. Artists use various shades of blue to evoke a sense of peace or contemplation in their work.In landscape painting, artists use cooler blues for distant objects to create a sense of depth and atmospheric perspective.
Artists like Monet and Renoir often used blue shadows in their works to capture the nuances of natural light.
Artists like Yves Klein became known for their use of vibrant blue pigments. Klein, for instance, created a unique ultramarine pigment known as International Klein Blue.
Deep blues can convey a sense of melancholy or sadness. Artists might use this color to evoke certain emotions in the viewer.Coolness and Detachment: Some artists use blue tones to create a sense of coolness or detachment in their works.
In the history of art, obtaining certain shades of blue was technically challenging. For instance, ultramarine blue, derived from lapis lazuli, was one of the most expensive pigments in the Renaissance period.
Contemporary artists use blue for personal expression. Some might have a preference for certain shades of blue, while others use blue as a deliberate element in their conceptual or abstract works.
Blue is a natural choice for representing the sky and bodies of water in landscapes. Artists often use blue to capture the vastness and depth of these natural elements.
In essence, the use of blue in art is multifaceted and can convey a wide range of emotions, symbols, and moods. It continues to be a versatile and powerful color in the artist’s palette. Different shades of blue, from cerulean to navy, offer artists a rich spectrum to work with, allowing for diverse interpretations and expressions in visual art.
Exclusive Limited Edtion Large Format Originals Scheduled For Summer Showings
This piece by Jefferey Cornett, entitled “Uncle Albert,” is a complex and layered work of abstract art that exudes a sense of controlled chaos.
The canvas is a rich tapestry of textures and patterns, with a gritty background that suggests a wall weathered by time and elements. Over this base, a variety of marks and motifs have been applied, creating a sense of depth and history.
$ 2,100.00.
“Temporal Echoes” speaks to the idea of time passing and leaving its mark, a theme that seems to resonate with the visual elements present in this Jefferey Cornett piece. This artwork is a vibrant and textured abstract painting that captures the viewer’s attention with its striking color contrasts and dynamic vertical streaks. The interplay of fiery orange and deep blue hues suggests a natural phenomenon, like the glowing embers of a fire against the cool darkness of night, or the organic rusting of metal over time. The canvas is alive with what appears to be the natural oxidation process, echoing the patterns of weathered and corroded surfaces.
$ 2,500.00.
The overall effect of this work by Jefferey Cornett titled “Blue Lady City Scene” is somewhat dream-like and melancholic, with a sense of dislocation or instability, perhaps hinting at the impermanence of modern structures or the fleeting moments of urban existence. The use of layering and texturing creates a sense of depth and complexity, inviting the viewer to look closer and discover the details hidden within the work. The artwork seems to blend photography with painting techniques, creating a hybrid that straddles the line between reality and imaginatio
$ 2,700.00.
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