 Other residents in the house were his parents, brother Eric, sisters Ingrid and Signe, grandmother Mathilde Wigert-Jolin and his aunt, artist Ellen Jolin (1854–1939) who was the first to teach Jolin the basic techniques of painting.Jolin's artistic education started at the Technical School (later known as Konstfack) in Stockholm in 1906.The school mainly taught painting techniques and Jolin was more interested in learning about style.