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Constance Jenkins Macky
Constance Jenkins Macky (née Constance Lillian Jenkins; 1883–1961)[1][2] was an Australian-born American artist and teacher. She was known for her portraits, landscape paintings, and still life paintings. BiographyConstance Lillian Jenkins was born June 29, 1883, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[3] Her parents were Emma Wright and John S. Jenkins, her father was of Scottish descent.[3] She was the youngest of six children, and began to study art seriously at age 15.[3] Macky attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School (formally National Gallery School of Painting), from 1900 to 1908 and then studied at the Académie Julian in Paris during 1909.[3] In 1912, Jenkins married Eric Spencer Macky in Berkeley, California.[3] They had two sons, including Donald Spencer Macky (1913–2007) who was also an artist.[3][4] In 1915, the Macky's both participated in the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, creating decorative panels for the Australian and New Zealand Buildings.[3] Constance Jenkins Macky and her spouse founded the Spencer Macky Art School in San Francisco in 1916.[3] The first location of the school was at Post Street, near Gough Street in a building that housed many other notable artists including Leo Lentelli, Clark Hobart, William Claussen, Louise Mahoney, Florence Lundberg, Sigmund Beel, and George Hyde.[3] The school was popular and moved to a larger space at the "Artists Building" at 535 Sacramento Street in San Francisco.[3] By 1917, the Spencer Macky Art School was merged with the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA; now known as the San Francisco Art Institute).[3] After the merge she continued to teach classes at CSFA.[3] She was a member of the San Francisco Art Association, and the California Society of Women Artists.[3] Death and legacyMacky died on November 17, 1961, in San Francisco.[2] She is buried in the Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California. Macky's work is included in public collections including the National Gallery of Victoria,[5] the National Library of Australia,[6] and others. References
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