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.
Constance Jenkins Macky | |
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| Born | Constance Lillian Jenkins[1] June 29, 1883[1] |
| Died | November 17, 1961 (aged 78)[1] San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Burial place | Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Constance Lillian Jenkins Macky |
| Alma mater | National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Académie Julien |
| Spouse | Eric Spencer Macky (m. 1912–1958; death) |
| Children | 2 |
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Biography
editConstance 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 legacy
editMacky 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Constance Lillian Jenkins". Design and Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ a b Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California, 1786-1940. Hughes Publishing Company. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-9616112-0-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hailey, Gene; Schwartz, Ellen Halteman, eds. (1937). California Art Research (PDF). Series 1, W.P.A. Project 2874. Vol. 15. San Francisco, California (published 1987). pp. 99–118. ISBN 0-910938-88-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Donald Macky". Napa Valley Register. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Constance L. Jenkins". NGV. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Jenkins, Constance Lillian (1883-1961)". Trove, National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2021.