What is Knut Steen?
[[File:KnutSteen.1.jpg|thumb|KnutSteen in 2007]] '''Knut Steen''' (19 November 1924 &ndash; 22 September 2011) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[sculptor]]. He spent much of his life living between [[Sandefjord]], [[Norway]], and [[Carrara]], [[Italy]].<ref name=bomsdorf>{{cite web |url= http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Museum-dedicated-to-Knut-Steen/19368 |title=Museum dedicated to Knut Steen |first=Clemens |last=Bomsdorf |work=theartnewspaper.com |year=5 October 2011 |accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref> He began sculpting in 1946 and worked with a range of materials including [[marble]], [[granite]], [[bronze]], [[steel]] and [[concrete]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studiosem.net/doc/info.aspx?Pre=&ar=7&gr=34 |title=Studio Sem: Knut Steen |first= |last= |work=studiosem.net |year=1 July 2009 |accessdate=23 October 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121185120/http://www.studiosem.net/doc/info.aspx?Pre=&ar=7&gr=34 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2011 a small museum was opened in Sandefjord to display some of his work. The collection holds 12 marble sculptures and four works.<ref name=bomsdorf/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.sandefjord.kommune.no/Tjenester/Kultur-idrett-og-fritid/Knut-Steens-paviljong-og-skulpturpark/ Norwegian website about the museum, including photos of Steen's work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018074614/http://www.sandefjord.kommune.no/Tjenester/Kultur-idrett-og-fritid/Knut-Steens-paviljong-og-skulpturpark/ |date=2011-10-18 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Steen, Knut}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian artists]] [[Category:Sculptors]]