Paul Schroeter

In the 1880s, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Eduard von Gebhardt, Johann Peter Theodor Janssen and Adolf Schill.

There, he befriended Fritz Overbeck and became a member of the student association known as "Tartarus [de]"; providing illustrations for their occasional publications.

Their fellow student, Peter Philippi, would later call Tartarus one of the most important artistic associations in Düsseldorf, after the professional group, Malkasten, describing its members as young, sociable and refreshing.

[2] This was followed by study trips to Holland, Belgium and Spain and, for a short time, he was a resident of the Willingshausen Artists' Colony [de].

Die Kunst, a popular art magazine, declared that his works were technically fine, but very "impersonal".