Marcus Frederik Steen Grønvold (5 July 1845 – 10 October 1929) was a Norwegian painter. He painted genre scenes, historical and religious motifs and portraits as well as landscapes.

Biography

Grønvold was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, Norway. His father Christian August Grønvold (1810–1889) was vicar at St. Jørgens Hospital in Bergen. He was the brother of painter Bernt Grønvold (1859-1923) and educator Didrik Hegermann Grønvold (1855–1928). His third cousin

Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold (26 June 1846 – 25 July 1926) was a Norwegian civil servant and music writer. He was born in Saude as a son of vicar Bernt Olaus Grønvold (1819–1900). He was a third cousin of painters Bernt and Marcus Grønvold an ...

(1846–1926) was private secretary to King

Haakon VII of Norway Haakon VII (; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957. The future Haakon VII was born in Copenhagen as Prince Carl of Denmark. He was the second son of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess ...

. He studied at the

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between 1866 and 1869 under August Schneider. In

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he trained under

Wilhelm von Diez Albrecht Christoph Wilhelm von Diez (17 January 1839 – 25 February 1907) was a German painter and illustrator of the Munich School. Life He was born in Bayreuth. He attended a trade school in Munich, followed by the Polytechnic School (precur ...

from 1870 to 1871, Otto Seitz from 1871 to 1874 and under Karl Piloty between 1874 and 1877. After study trips to Norway, Switzerland, Italy and Paris, he settled at Munich in 1881. He published his memoirs ''Fra Ulrikken til Alperne'' in 1925. He has two works in the

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. His art is on display at museums in

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and

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1845 births 1929 deaths 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Artists from Bergen Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Norwegian expatriates in Germany 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists {{Norway-painter-stub