[1] [2] Anders Monsen Askevold was born at Askvoll in Sunnfjord, Norway.

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 Hans Leganger Reuch (1800-1854).

Askevold did some commissions for several altarpieces in Norway including the Askvoll church in 1859.

After this he moved back to Düsseldorf where he would spend his winters in Germany and his summers in Norway.