Born in San Francisco, California on March 15, 1913. Tatum studied at the CSFA in the 1930s. He was a member of Frank Van Sloun's painting crew for large murals in the rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts in 1936. At the GGIE of 1939 he assisted Diego Rivera in his murals. Due to religious belief, he was imprisoned at McNeils Island prison for draft evasion in 1945 but later received a presidential pardon due to his religious beliefs.
A serious automobile acciden (showing 500 of 1937 characters). |
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