Fanny Ravinovich, or Fanny Rabel (Lodz, Poland, 1922 - Mexico City, 2008), is considered one of the first female Mexican muralists, although she also worked in painting, drawing, printmaking, and ceramic sculpture. She was born into a Jewish-Polish family of traveling actors, who moved to Paris in 1929 and settled permanently in Mexico City in 1938.

Rabel began her studies in drawing and printmaking at the Escuela Nocturna para Trabajadores (Night School for Workers). In 1942, she enrolled in the newly founded Escuela de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, La Esmeralda (School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking) where she studied under Frida Kahlo, José Chávez Morado, and Feliciano Peña. She was an assistant and apprentice to David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera and was the only woman accepted by the "Fridos," a group of Frida Kahlo's disciples.

In 1945, she held her first solo exhibition at the Liga Popular Israelita (Folks-Ligue) and five years later, she became a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (Salon of Mexican Fine Art) and the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop for Popular Grapgic Art). From 1964 to 1965, she created her most important mural, Ronda en el tiempo, located at the Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology).

Her work showcases stylistic changes, ranging from social realism to surrealism and neo-expressionism. She was a pioneer for addressing ecological concerns and climate change in her work, as demonstrated in the series Réquiem por una ciudad (1979). She lost her memory towards her final years of life, likely due to Alzheimer's disease.