After serving in combat in WW II, Mel Tanner enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School under the new G.I. Bill. This photo was on the cover of the 1950-51 School Catalog. Max Beckmann (foreground), Mel Tanner (far right).
Mel was a student in Mr. Beckmann’s painting class. Max Beckmann died in 1950. Mel Tanner died in 1993. Dorothy was also a student at “The Brooklyn” where they met and married in 1951.
* photo courtesy of the Special Library Collections at The Brooklyn Museum ©1950
More Photos from that era on the Lumonics Photo Archives webpage.
