Brannan apparently did little painting in her later years. No longer financially secure, she worked as an artist at the Alameda Air Base during World War II and for many years after. She sketched in France and New York, produced many works of California counties including Marin, Monterey, Napa, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz. The oils, watercolors, and pastels resulting from these trips, distinctive for their skies and attention to trees, particularly oaks, included Lake Merritt, Monterey Oaks, California Oaks, and Monterey Landscape.
Brannan also had an interest in historic structures, particularly those of Monterey, and did such paintings as General Sherman’s Headquarters, the Old Customs House, the Rodrigues House, and Adobe in Monterey. An exhibitor from 1896 until the early 1930s, Brannan had one-person shows across the country.
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Solo Exhibitions (selected list):
AWS
Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California
Macbeth Galleries, New York, New York
Maryland Institute, Baltimore
Museum of Buenos Aires
National Academy of Design
NYWCC
San Francisco Artists Society, Sketch Club
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
Toronto Museum of Fine Art
William Keith Galleries,
Women’s Art Club of New York
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