The Life and Art of Adolf Helmberger Born in St. Gilgen, Austria, Adolf Helmberger was a painter specializing in portraits and landscapes. He received his artistic training in Salzburg and at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Christian Griepenkerl and Alois Delug. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Helmberger served as a war painter for the k.u.k. Kriegspressequartier, stationed at various fronts including the Russian f…