MACKY, E. Spencer 1881–1958

Born Auckland, fourth generation of pioneer missionary stock, his grandfather the Rev. John Macky, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. Won a scholarship from Ponsonby School to Elam School of Art, left after a period and studied under C. F. Goldie: exhibited with ASA, winning first prize in 1899 for a study from the antique. Worked as a political cartoonist for the New Zealand Weekly News. Gained a scholarship to the National Academy School of Painting in Melbourne, where he studied under Bernard Hall, returned to Auckland at the end of 1905, continued work as a cartoonist, exhibiting with ASA; left for Paris where he studied at the Julian Academy 1907–10; then went to California where he worked as a professor at San Francisco School of Art. In 1912 married Constance Jenkins, a fellow student in Paris and an Australian who had been the first woman to win a travelling scholarship: she taught with him. Macky became a well-known Californian portrait painter and had a most distinguished career as an educator. Had for some years been President of the Californian

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College of Arts and Crafts when he retired in 1954. Died in USA. Work included in Centennial Ex Wtn 1940. Represented: ACAG.