Germany As Gross never succeeded in adjusting to life in America, he decided to return to Germany. In 1956 he had an exhibition of his work in the Town House in Freudenstadt where it was noted that the subtlety and delicacy of the sculptures and charcoal drawings conveyed the impact of the war and the post war period. After Freudenstadt the exhibition moved to the Galerie Wasmuth in Berlin where a review in the Telegraf on 13 January 1957 noted the resemblance of some of his paintings to stained glass windows which gave an impression of serene solemnity. The colours and shapes were perceived as typical of early German Expressionist artists. A further review which appeared in the Berlin newspaper Der Kurier was entitled ‘Mystische Versponnenheit’ (mystical eccentricity): the reviewer concluding that the works exhibited bore the hallmark of a visionary poet who was able to create work of an unorthodox but exciting nature. This period in Germany was important for Gross as it was when he gained his divorce from Hildegarde Rath. He later married Trude Sand, a journalist who had been a member of his circle of friends in Berlin prior to his departure to