What is Kjell Nupen?
[[File:Nupenanlegget - 0819 -02-07-16.jpg|thumb|The work of art that Kjell Nupen perhaps is best known for is this [[fountain]] in the city of [[Kristiansand]] in [[Norway]].]] '''Kjell Nupen''' (September 5, 1955 – March 12, 2014) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] contemporary artist. During the 1980s the people disappeared from his pictures and were replaced by [[motifs]] from nature. 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.<ref name=g-obit>{{cite web|title=Kjell Nupen obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/mar/21/kjell-nupen|publisher=The Guardian|author=Christopher Masters|date=21 March 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.nupen.no/ Official Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914204740/http://www.nupen.no/ |date=2010-09-14 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nupen, Kjell}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian artists]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Norway]] {{bio-stub}}