Early Life and Family Background Adolf Bock entered the world on August 5, 1890, in Berlin, born into a lineage where the brush and the soil were closely intertwined. His family history held a quiet, creative pulse; his grandfather had been a painter of landscapes, capturing the natural world through pigment and light. This artistic inclination flowed down to his father, a man who spent his days working the land as a farmer but turned his hands to painting in his private hours. It was this father who recognized the budding talent in his son, offering the encouragement that led the young boy…