Early Life, Family and Training Paul Spangenberg enters the scene in Güstrow, within the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on 26 July 1843. He is the eldest of seven children born to Fedor Spangenberg, a lawyer, and Emma, née Diederichs. The household is one of legal pedigree, yet the trajectory of the family shifts as Paul moves toward the visual arts. He grows up across Güstrow, Schwerin, and Rostock, eventually finding his footi…