Background
Grønvold was born in Bergen 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.
Grønvold was born in Bergen 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.
He studied at the Art Academy in Copenhagen between 1866 & 1869 and in Munich under Karl Piloty between 1874 & 1877. Grønvold finally settled in Munich in 1881 and has two works in the National Gallery of Norway.