Anders Askevold (25 December 1834 – 22 October 1900) was a Norwegian painter. His art was characterized by romantic national expression. He was best known for his fjord landscapes from Western Norway.

Biography

Anders Monsen Askevold was born at Askvoll in Sunnfjord, Norway. He was the second oldest of ten siblings. His father, Mons Andersson Askevold 1806-1889), was a teacher and member of parliament. His early training started at the age of thirteen in Bergen under landscape painter

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(1800-1854). He was educated as a painter in

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, but continued his studies in

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and

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. Askevold came to Düsseldorf in 1855 and stayed for 3 years. He trained in Düsseldorf under Hans Gude from 1855 until 1859. Askevold did some commissions for several altarpieces in Norway including the Askvoll church in 1859. He was known as a member of the Düsseldorf school of painting with others like

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. From 1861 to 1866 he was in

. In 1866 Askevold moved back to Norway and settled in Bergen. After this he moved back to Düsseldorf where he would spend his winters in Germany and his summers in Norway. His paintings were shown at numerous international exhibitions, including world exhibitions in

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(1862),

(1867) and (1878),

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(1873) and

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(1876). In Vienna and Philadelphia, he was honored with medals. In 1884, in London he won the gold medal. Askevold died in 1900 in

. A monument was erected in his honor by the municipality of Askvoll during 1934. Both the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in

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and Bergen Billedgalleri have notable collections of his art. A painting by Askevold sold for over £5,000 in 2009.Lot 101 Sale 2801
Christies.com, 2009, accessed April 2010

Gallery

File:Anders Askvold-Norsk fjordlandskap.jpg, ''Norwegian Fjord Landscape''
(probably 1889) File:Anders Askevold-Bakka i Nærøyfjorden.jpg, ''Bakka at Nærøyfjord '' (1892) File:Anders Askevold-Landskap med innsjø 1853.jpg, ''Landscape with Lake'' (1853) File:CowsbyAskevold.JPG, ''Scene with Cows''
(before 1900)

References

Other sources

*Warberg, Thor (2013) ''Anders Askevold, vestlandsmålaren'' (Selja forl.)

External links

Bukowski Auktioner AB
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