Eric Spencer Macky

[1] He had notable students including Robert Boardman Howard,[8] George Post,[9] and John Melville Kelly.

[11] 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.

[12] The school was popular and moved to a larger space at the "Artists Building" at 535 Sacramento Street in San Francisco.

[4] In fall 2013, three lost murals were discovered on the campus of San Francisco Art Institute, including Spencer Mackey’s Life Drawing Class (1936) by Eleanor Bates Streloff.

[17] Artist Ruth Cravath carved a bust of Macky in 1935, which is now part of the collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.