Kjell Nupen
Norwegian painter (1955-2014)
Kjell Nupen (September 5, 1955 – March 12, 2014) was a Norwegian contemporary artist. During the 1980s the people disappeared from his pictures and were replaced by motifs from nature.
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His later paintings are focused on themes such as calmness. He became especially known for the colour Nupen blue, in which he used a lot of in his paintings.
Nupen was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He died there on March 12, 2014 from cancer, aged 58.[1]
References
change- ↑ Christopher Masters (21 March 2014). "Kjell Nupen obituary". The Guardian.
Other websites
change- Official Homepage Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine