Marcus Frederik Steen Grønvold (1845 – 1929) was a Norwegian painter.

Grønvold was born in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 the son of vicar Christian August Grønvold (1810–1889), and the brother of painter Bernt Grønvold and educator Didrik Grønvold and third cousin of Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold

Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold

Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold was a Norwegian civil servant and music writer.He was born in Saude as a son of vicar Bernt Olaus Grønvold . He was a third cousin of painters Bernt and Marcus Grønvold and educator Didrik Grønvold, and a granduncle of Odd Grønvold.He graduated with the cand.jur...

. He studied at the Art Academy in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 between 1866 & 1869 and in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 under Karl Piloty between 1874 & 1877. Grønvold finally settled in Munich in 1881 and has two works in the National Gallery of Norway

National Gallery of Norway

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