“Tristan Meinecke remains one of the monumental artistic secrets of Chicago, a man whose contribution remains to be adequately understood and evaluated,” wrote John Corbett, co-owner of the gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey and a professor of painting and drawing at the Art Institute, in a 2003 essay accompanying the only retrospective the conspicuously overlooked artist would know.
“After that,” Pistorius says, “we were hooked.”
His sons believe they are now better suited to handle their father’s artistic legacy, which they hope won’t remain under Chicago’s radar for much longer. “I once told him, ‘Dad, after you die you’re finally going to be famous because no one will have to deal with you,’” Scott recalls. “I just wonder if it will happen before I die.”
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