Fanny Brennan was a French-American surrealist artist renowned for her miniature paintings that transform everyday objects into imaginative compositions. Her work characterized by meticulous detail and a whimsical approach, often featuring items like buttons, safety pins, and pearls in surreal settings. Brennan's art invites viewers into a mythical world, blending the normal with the magical. Her innovative approach to small-scale art has secured her place among notable 20th-century female artists, contributing significantly to contemporary surrealism.

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Born Fanny Myers (1921 – 2001), Brennan worked in paint and printmaking. Her unique approach is instantly recognizable; her artworks rarely were more than a few inches square in size. These tiny pictures are filled with humor and, in meticulous detail, present playful images of a mythical world that existed only in her imagination. Brennan’s career truly came to fruition in the early 1970s. In 1973, she had three solo exhibitions at the Betty Parsons Gallery (with the support of the previously mentioned Betty Parsons) as well as with Coe Kerr Gallery. Sky shades: Sixty Small Paintings – a book of her collected works – was published in 1990. In her lifetime she completed more than three hundred of her ‘miniature’ paintings.

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Fanny Brennan passed away in New York City on July 22, 2001.