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Ukranian Costumes

Hi ! I have selected two recent issues on art by great artists of Norway Kjell Nupen and Irma Salo Jæger. The stamps depict the paintings by these renowned artists . There is a beautiful landscape on one stamp and an exquisite abstract painting on the other stamp. In the second part I have stamps and Miniature sheets from Ukraine which depict traditional folk costumes. The stamps are very beautiful and attractive with bright colours.Today's colorful post is dedicated to art and culture of the world. In the last part our regular series of Worldwide stamps on Braille Inscriptions prepared by our distinguished member Mr. Abhai Mishra from Dehradun. This is all for today ! .....Till Next Post....Have a Nice time !

Kjell Nupen born in 1955, made up his mind to become a painter when he was only 14 years old. He studied at Statens Kunstakademi in Oslo and at Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. He was still a young man when he had his breakthrough as a painter and graphic designer and has been a prominent name in Norwegian contemporary art for many years. From the 1970’s onwards Nupen’s art was motivated by criticism of the established order, directed at the Vietnam War, nuclear armament and USA-inspired capitalism. The political and aggressive content was later toned down in favour of landscapes, often coastal landscapes inspired by his ties to home in the south of Norway. The predominant colour in these paintings is blue. This colour is built up of several layers of translucent blue, often referred to as ‘Nupen Blue’. Kjell Nupen has also worked with most printmaking techniques, including woodcut, lithography and etching.

Irma Salo Jæger was born in 1928 in Finland and has been a major figure in Norwegian art since the 1960s. She studied art in Munich, Oslo and Florence after taking a degree in art history in Helsinki. She is regarded as one of the greatest exponents of abstract painting in Norway, and her debut coincided with the breakthrough of this form of expression around 1960. Her paintings are characterised by clearly demarcated areas of intense, bright colour, often blues, reds and oranges. Irma Salo Jæger held a professorship at Statens Kunstakademi in Oslo from 1986 until 1992. Her work is presented in a book by art historian Erik Dæhlin, which was published in 2002.

Courtesy - Norway Post

Ukrainian Folk Costumes - Date of Issue 25 December 2008