| Arvid Jorm | |
| Birth Name: | Arvid Kornelius Johansson |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Göteborg, Sweden |
| Death Date: | 26 December 1964 |
| Death Place: | Göteborg, Sweden |
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]