// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Arvid Jorm? A norm by any other name.
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| Born | Arvid Kornelius Johansson 12 October 1892 |
| Died | 26 December 1964 (aged 72) |
Arvid Kornelius Jorm (1892 – 1964) was a Swedish painter and graphic artist.[1] Jorm was born Arvid Johansson in Gothenburg in 1892, the son of a shopkeeper.[2] He changed his name to Arvid Jorm in 1919.[3] He studied at the Valand School of Fine Arts in Gothenburg under Axel Erdmann and Birger Simonsson, and in Copenhagen under Astrid Holm.[1][2] He did study trips to France, Italy and North Africa.[2] His work included Italian landscapes and town pictures, and Swedish landscapes, coastal and harbour pictures.[2][4] He worked in oils, watercolours, woodcuts, lithographs and etching.[2] Jorm's art decorated a number of buildings in Sweden[1][2] including the ceiling of Skene Church, Skövde court house, and Liseberg in Gothenburg.[1][5] He died in Gothenburg in 1964.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Svenska Konstnärer: Biografisk Handbok, Redaktionsgruppen Väbo Főrlag: Vänersborg, 1987.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Svenskt Konstnärslexikon, Allhems Főrlag: Malmő, 1957.
- ↑ Landsarkivet Göteborg.
- ↑ Lexikon för Konst, AB Nordiska Upplagsböcker: Stockholm, 1958.
- ↑ Kringla. "Skövde Tingsrätt (Site)". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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