The Marriage of Fanny Brenner

In 1989, the Author traveled to New York City to meet and interview Fanny Brenner, the widow of Michael Brenner, Sculptor and creator of seminal portraits of significant subjects. Michael was the father of the author’s friend, Joe Brenner with whom he had embarked upon a project meant to return his father to his rightful position in the history of American and Paris-school art. Michael Brenner was part of Gertrude Stein’s circle, was a participant in New York Dada, co-published the avant-garde magazine: The Soil, where Stein’s early work was published. He also co-owned the Washington Square Gallery where works by Picasso, Rousseau, Gris and other Parisian artists were offered for sale. This book is an homage to the strength of one artist’s wife and his presence seen through her eyes.