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Arvid Jorm
Arvid Kornelius Jorm (1892 – 1964) was a Swedish art, Swedish painter and graphic artist.Svenska Konstnärer: Biografisk Handbok, Redaktionsgruppen Väbo Főrlag: Vänersborg, 1987. Jorm was born Arvid Johansson in Gothenburg in 1892, the son of a shopkeeper.Svenskt Konstnärslexikon, Allhems Főrlag: Malmő, 1957. He changed his name to Arvid Jorm in 1919. He studied at the Valand School of Fine Arts in Gothenburg under :w:sv:Axel Erdmann (konstnär), Axel Erdmann and Birger Simonsson, and in Copenhagen under Astrid Holm. He did study trips to France, Italy and North Africa. His work included Italian landscapes and town pictures, and Swedish landscapes, coastal and harbour pictures. He worked in oils, watercolours, woodcuts, lithographs and etching. Jorm's art decorated a number of buildings in Sweden including the ceiling of :w:sv:Skene#Skene kyrka, Skene Church, Skövde court house, and Liseberg in Gothenburg. He died in Gothenburg in 1964. References [Baidu] |
Göteborg, Sweden
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
