Arvid Kornelius Jorm (1892 – 1964) was a Swedish painter and graphic artist.Svenska Konstnärer: Biografisk Handbok, Redaktionsgruppen Väbo Főrlag: Vänersborg, 1987. Jorm was born Arvid Johansson in

Gothenburg 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 ...

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 Valand Academy ( sv, Akademin Valand) is a school for film, photography, literary composition, and fine art at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was formed in 2012 through the merger of three formerly independent schools/de ...

in Gothenburg under Axel Erdmann and

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, 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 Skene Church, Skövde court house, and Liseberg in Gothenburg. He died in Gothenburg in 1964.

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1892 births Artists from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish painters 20th-century male artists 1964 deaths {{Sweden-painter-stub