Harmsen Van der Beek is the original illustrator of which books by Enid Blyton?
Harmsen van der Beek the company. He died six days later. Beek and Langeler had a son and a daughter, (1927–2009), who was a writer, poet and herself an illustrator. Harmsen van der Beek Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek (more commonly Harmsen van der Beek or just Beek; October 8, 1897 in Amsterdam – July 24, 1953 in Blaricum) was a Dutch illustrator and commercial artist. Abroad, he is best remembered for his illustration of Enid Blyton's Noddy books. Van der Beek was the creator of the "Flipje" character in 1935. This was a comic strip featuring a character made of berries
Enid Blyton's illustrators Enid Blyton's illustrators The children's books of Enid Blyton were illustrated by a large number of artists, ranging from figures known for other work to humbler commercial artists, who in some cases were anonymous. Since the Blyton texts mainly used very simple language, the work of the illustrators was an important part of the appeal of many of the works. The single most important artist, in terms of Blyton's association in the public mind, was Dutch. Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek (1897–1953), creator in the 1930s of the "Flipje" character, and usually known as "van der Beek" or