A Life Shaped by the Norwegian Landscape Anders Monsen Askevold entered the world in 1834 in Askvoll, Sunnfjord, Norway. He was born into a family of ten siblings, the second oldest, to a father who served as a teacher and a member of parliament. His early years were rooted in the quiet rhythms of his homeland, a connection that would later define his entire artistic output. At thirteen, he began his formal training in Bergen under the landscape painter Hans Leganger Reuch. His path eventually led him far beyond the borders of Norway. Askevold sought deeper instruction in the great art cent…