Welcome to the Photo Archives Page which includes photos of Mel and Dorothy Tanner and artwork from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Mel Tanner, World War II
Belgium or Germany
Mel Tanner (left) with members of his platoon
Mel Tanner (left) with members of his platoon 
Mel Tanner, London
Big Ben in Background
Brooklyn Museum Art School Catalog, 1950-1951
Max Beckmann (foreground), Mel Tanner (far right)
photo courtesy of the Special Library Collections
at The Brooklyn Museum
©1950
Painting by Mel Tanner (1950s)
Painting by Mel Tanner (1950s)
Painting by Mel Tanner (1950s)
Painting by Mel Tanner (1950s)
Dorothy Tanner plaster carving of Jocelyn Tanner (1952)
Dorothy Tanner wood carving of Mel Tanner (1958)
Dorothy Tanner at Syracuse Art Workshop
Mel Tanner at Syracuse Art Workshop
Double In Art
©The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY
August 27,1961
Brochure for Syracuse Art Workshop
Syracuse Art Workshop
Syracuse, NY 1961
Exhibition Brochures
Key Gallery, New York NY (1961)
Granite Art Gallery and Granite Art Association
co-op gallery founded by Dorothy & Mel Tanner in 1963
E. 57th Street, New York, NY
Below Photos:
Granite Gallery/Loeb Center at New York University Exhibit, 1964
The exhibition was curated by the founders of Granite Gallery, Mel and Dorothy Tanner,
and included their work. The exhibition included a forum, “The New Face in Art” with
Louise Nevelson, Red Grooms, Norman Carton, and Gordon Brown, the editor of Art Voices.
Dorothy Tanner’s sculpture
(center)
Mel Tanner, painting
(far right section of photo)
“The New Face in Art” Forum
Assent
Mel Tanner
Granite Gallery Exhibit, 1964
When Dorothy and Mel Tanner were living in New York, in 1963, they began a co-op gallery in Manhattan, named Granite Gallery. They also lived in a loft where they had studios: Dorothy for sculpting and Mel for painting. Around 1964, Dorothy began to contact corporations asking them if they would like an art piece based on what the company did. They received several commissions:
Desks, Inc.
Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Wall sculpture
Medium: Wood and Metal
3.5’ x 7′
1964
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General Electric Corp
Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
Wood and Plexiglass
8’ x 6’
circa 1964
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Raytheon Corp
New York, New York
Wood and Plexiglas
Circa 1964
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Air Products and Chemicals
Allentown, PA
6’ x 6’
Plexiglas and Wood
Circa 1964
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Datamor Corporation
Madison Avenue
New York, New York
5.5’ x 3.5’
Wood and Plexiglas
Circa 1964
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Collages by Mel Tanner, 1966, while traveling in Europe
“Let There by Light” by Kay Murphy
©Tropic Magazine, The Miami Herald
May, 1968
Dorothy and Mel Tanner, circa 1969
opening of the Lumonics Theatre
photos by Mickey Gallander
Mel Tanner, looking at one of his first water fountains, 1968
Mel Tanner, 1969
Installation at Hi-Fi Associates, Miami, May 1969
“Decor You Can Get With” by Bill Von Maurer
©The Miami News
The 70s, Miami
“one of the most unusual yet beautiful experiences in the world of art”
The Light Fantastic” by David Tedeschi
Lumonics Theatre, Miami
©The Miami Herald
November, 1970
Mel Tanner in Miami studio, working on a commercial installation for a nightclub, 1975
(photo below)
Photograph courtesy of The Miami News
©1975
Mel and Dorothy Tanner
photo by George Zifferblat
courtesy of Univ. of Miami Hurricane
©1976
photos by Mark Barinholtz, 1974