 While there he painted two murals, including one of St Francis, and heard warm reports of the artist-monks of Beuron.In November, intending to revisit his family, he went first to Beuron and stayed for some time, seeing the Maurus Chapel and meeting Desiderius Lenz.The Abbey was now in its second phase, following its closure between 1875 and 1887 during the "Kulturkampf".