Brennan, Fanny (1921–2001)

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Brennan, Fanny (1921–2001)

French-born artist. Born Fanny Myers, 1921, in France; died July 22, 2001, in New York, NY; dau. of expatriates Richard and Alice Lee Myers; studied at Atelier Art et Jeunesse in Paris; m. Francis "Hank" Brennan (design consultant); children: Richard Lee Brennan and Christopher Herrick Brennan.

Painter of small, surrealist still lifes, fled France on eve of WWII and took a job as Alexey Brodovitch's assistant at Harper's Bazaar; was included in 2 shows in Manhattan run by Betty Parsons; published a collection of her works in Skyshades (1990).

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