James Turkington (1895 - 1979)

Born 3 Sep 1895 in Ireland

Husband of Emily Margaret (Redwood) Turkington — married 10 Jun 1931 in New Zealand

Died 10 Apr 1979 at age 83 in New Zealand

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Biography

James Turkington is Notable.

"James Turkington was born on 3 September 1895 in Moira, Down, to Mary Ann Stephenson, age 27, and Samuel Turkington, age 30... His sister Mary Ann was born on 29 August 1896 in Ireland." ^[1]

The family migrated to New Zealand from Ireland when he was two years old. His younger siblings were born in New Zealand.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Public Family Tree. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/65061850/person/30130164903/story

• BDM NZ Death Registration Number: 1979/31821, Family Name: Turkington, Given Name(s): James, Date of Birth: 3 September 1895. https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (ancestry.com). Name: James Turkington, Death Age: 83, Birth Date: abt 1896, Death Date: 10 Apr 1979, Burial Place: Auckland, Cemetery : Waikumete. Transcription: "46739, TURKINGTON, James, 83 yrs, died 10.4.1979, 61 Lloyd Avenue, Mt Albert, Retired Artist, cremated 12.4.1979, scattered 13.4.1979." https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60547/images/43391_344253-01554
• UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for J Turkington, London, 1898, January (ancestry.com). Name: Master J Turkington, Gender: Male, Age: 2, Birth Date: abt 1896, Departure Date: 19 Jan 1898, Port of Departure: London, England, Destination Port: Wellington, New Zealand, Ship Name: Ionic, Shipping Line: Shaw Savill & Albion Co, Ltd, Master: Chas H Kimpson. "03465 Sam Turkington (35yrs), Mrs Turkington (30yrs), Master J Turkington (2yrs), Miss M Turkington (1yr)." https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/40610_B000270-00060
• NZ Electronic Text Collection (NZETC). NATIONAL CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION OF NEW ZEALAND ART CATALOGUE: JAMES TURKINGTON. "This artist was born in Ireland in 1895, and came to New Zealand in 1897. He received his art training at the Elam School of Art, Auckland and under Robert Procter, and he has exhibited at the British Empire Society of Artists' exhibitions." http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GovArt-t1-body-d2-d190.html
• Te Ara The Encylopedia of New Zealand. James Turkington's 'Wahine' mural, 1966. "James Turkington was the most prominent mid-20th-century muralist in New Zealand, but very few of his works survive in the 21st century. His mural 'Wahine' (1966) nearly met a watery end when it sank with the passenger ship of the same name off the Wellington coast in 1968. it was salvaged from the wreck." Kerryn Pollock, 'Public and street art - Murals', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/44473/james-turkingtons-wahine-mural-1966 (accessed 12 November 2016).
• Australian Art Auction Records. "James (Jim) Turkington (1895-1979) New Zealand. Biographical Information: Born in Ireland in 1895, James Turkington arrived in New Zealand as a two-year-old. Mainly self-taught, he became well known Auckland as a painter, sculptor and mural painter. He taught at Elam School for many years and was a member and later president of the Auckland Society of Arts. He died in 1979." http://www.artrecord.com/index.cfm/artist/5782-turkington-james-jim/
• “A Journal of Their Own, An Index to Art in New Zealand, 1928-1946” compiled and edited by Richard Dingwall, Rosemary Entwisle and Lois Robertson (1997). TURKINGTON, James, 1895-ca1982. 18:129; 20:222; 29:56; 30:95; 36:225; 38:113; 41:45; 46:118; 50:102; 54:97; 58:16; 65:48; 67:39. [first digits represent Magazine Issue Number; the digits after the colon represent the page number of that issue featuring Turkington]. https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/media/uploads/2018_05/IndexToArtInNewZealand.pdf.
• NZ Herald news article. 7:53 AM Monday Jul 8, 2013. Turkington art on display at museum. "The Rotorua Museum has landed a major exhibition which will showcase the art of James Turkington. Surface Treatments: The Art of James Turkington is the first major exhibition of artworks by Turkington (1895-1979) since the early 1970s. The exhibition opens at Rotorua Museum on Wednesday and showcases rarely seen material from the museum's collection. Curated by Karl Chitham, the exhibition tracks some of the key moments in Turkington's career, from his humble beginnings as a budding artist on the World War I battlefields to his rapid rise as a top muralist in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a celebration of one of this country's most prolific mural artists and an unsung champion of New Zealand modernism." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11104107
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph. James Turkington. Born 3 September 1895 - Died 1979. SERVICE NUMBER: 2/2560. ALSO KNOWN AS: Jim. FORCE: Army, WAR: World War I, 1914-1918. CAMPAIGNS: Passchendaele; Somme. Civilian Life: DATE OF BIRTH: 3 September 1895. PLACE OF BIRTH: Belfast. BIRTH NOTES: Moire, County Down, Belfast, Ireland, POST WAR OCCUPATION: Artist. ADDRESS BEFORE ENLISTMENT: Mountain Road, Normanby, New Zealand, NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION: Miss M. Turkington (sister), care of Jenkins, Rawhitiroa, Eltham, New Zealand, RELATIONSHIP STATUS Pre 13 Nov 1915: Single. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C57381

See also:

• Moira, County Down (near Belfast). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira,_County_Down