John Turner biography

John Turner (flourished 1940s - 1960s)

John Turner illustrated beautiful sets of pictures to accompany Enid Blyton's Bible Stories - Old Testament (Macmillan, 1949) and Bible Stories - Old Testament (Macmillan, 1952-53).

In 1957 and 1960, Macmillan used the full-colour plates from the original set and included them in smaller books alongside Blyton's abridged text. They were published as Old Testament Picture Books (volumes 1 and 2) and New Testament Picture Books (volumes 1 and 2).

It is evident that Macmillan also used many of these stunning full-colour plates depicting Biblical scenes as part of their wide-ranging series of Educational Posters in the 1960s.

Turner also illustrated The Secret of the Desert by Coutts Brisbane (Nelson, 1943). It is described as "the thrilling story of an attempted Japanese invasion of Australia", obviously very different to the Biblical paintings he had done for Blyton.
Source: http://www.heathersblytonpages.com/blytonillustrators-t-z.html#Turner & The Illustration Art Gallery

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