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Painter, illustrator, printmaker and teacher, born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and Langham School of Art. At outbreak of World War I was offered commission as a war artist, but declined because of his pacifist views. However, after a period as a stretcher-bearer he accepted the commission, and examples of his work are in the Imperial War Museum. He travelled widely and was a close friend of many well-known artists and literary figures, such as Sir Frank Brangwyn, Austin Osman Spare, Dylan Thomas and G K Chesterton. Exhibited RA, RHA, ROI, in the provinces and at Paris Salon, where he won a gold medal in 1973 for Susannah and the Elders, a silver medal following two years later for The Jazz Drummer, a picture which shows Mackey’s liking for strong design, picaresque and slightly bizarre subjects.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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