▁in ▁abstract ▁expression ism . ▁His ▁main ▁inspir ations ▁were ▁Vir g il ▁Marsh , ▁Ben ▁Sh ahn , ▁ ▁and ▁George ▁Bell ows . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁them es ▁of ▁" lyn ch ing ▁in ▁the ▁south " ▁and ▁The ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁so ▁he ▁followed ▁the ▁tradition . ▁He ▁had ▁George ▁Gros z ▁from ▁' 5 7 ▁to ▁' 5 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁' 5 9 , ▁Gros z ▁wanted ▁to ▁go ▁back ▁to ▁Berlin ▁because ▁his ▁wife ▁was ▁sick ▁and ▁he ▁wanted ▁him ▁back ▁and ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁want ▁to ▁go ▁back . ▁In ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁' 5 9 ▁Robert ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁study ▁with ▁George ▁priv ately . ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁' 5 9 ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁day ▁of ▁him ▁teaching ▁art ▁school , ▁he ▁says ▁good bye ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁students ▁and ▁he ▁invited ▁Robert ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁a ▁party ▁on ▁a ▁ship . ▁They ▁were ▁serving ▁champ agne ▁on ▁the ▁ship ▁and ▁they ▁had ▁ 2 0 ▁wine ▁glass es , ▁and ▁George ▁was ▁dr unk ▁enough ▁to ▁let ▁him ▁sail ▁with ▁him ▁to ▁Berlin . ▁The ▁ship ▁employees ▁discovered ▁Robert ▁in ▁the ▁clos et ▁in ▁his ▁room ▁and ▁they ▁got ▁him ▁back ▁to ▁shore . ▁That ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁time ▁Robert ▁saw ▁George . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁summer ▁of ▁' 5 9 , ▁he ▁got ▁a ▁letter ▁from ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁she ▁got ▁the ▁address ▁wrong , ▁so ▁Rob ▁got ▁the ▁card ▁almost ▁a ▁month ▁after ▁she ▁wrote ▁it .