biography of Eric Spencer MACKY (1880-1958)

Birth place: Auckland, N.Z.

Death place: San Fran., CA

Addresses: Oakland, CA; San Fran., CA

Profession: Painter, etcher, sculptor, educator

Studied: Auckland (N.Z.) Col.; Nat. Sch. Painting, Melbourne, with B. Hall; Académie Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens; Lhote in Paris; Grande Chaumière, Paris, France; Cal. Col. A. & Crafts (hon. LL.D.), 1952.

Exhibited: Salon de Artistes, Paris, 1910; PPE, 1915; San Fran. AA from 1916; Bohemian Cl., annually; Beaux Arts Gal., San Fran., 1926, 1930; SFMA Inaugural, 1935; GGE, 1939; Calif. SE; de Young Mem. Mus.; CPLH; Europe

Member: San F. AA (bd. of dirs., 1920-30); Bohemian Cl., San F.; Calif. SE (co-founder); Soc. of Western Artists; San Fran. A. Comm.

Work: Bohemian Cl.; Stanford Art Gal.; San Fran. Chamber of Commerce; SFMA; Sequioa Cl.; Stanford Medical Sch.; Mills Col., Oakland; Univ. Hawaii; Auckland A. Gal.; SAM; Univ. Calif.; San F. AA; priv. colls.

Comments: Position: prof., painting & drawing, dean of faculty, Calif. Sch. FA, San Francisco, 1917-44; v. pres., San Francisco A. Comm., 1941-48; pres., Cal. Col. A. & Crafts, Oakland, Cal. Married to Constance Macky (see entry).

Sources: WW53; WW47 (misspelled as Mackey); Hughes, Artists in California, 351.