Upon returning to Germany, he lived in Munich for three years, then opened a private art school in Berlin. By 1901, he was able to afford a house in Brixlegg, which he used as a summer retreat. In 1907, he created a monumental mural, depicting a scene from the life of Martin Rinckart, for the Martin-Rinckart-Gymnasium [de] (formerly the Royal Gymnasium) in Eilenburg,
In 1921, he retired and took up permanent residence at his house in Brixlegg. In 1935, he joined the Ateliergemeinschaft Klosterstraße [de], a service of the Reichskulturkammer, which provided studio space for approved artists. At eighty-one, he was its oldest member.[1] He died at his home in 1943, aged eighty-nine, and was interred in Groß Wartenberg.
References
^Ateliergemeinschaft Klosterstraße - Berlin 1933-1945. Künstler in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, Akademie der Künste (Edition Hentrich), Berlin 1994. ISBN 3-894-68134-9 (S. 228)
Further reading
"Schlabitz, Adolf", In: Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte, Vol.2/2, Saal–Zwengauer, Boetticher’s Verlag, Dresden 1901, pp. 573–574 (Online)
"Schlabitz, Adolf", In: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 30: Scheffel–Siemerding, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1936
"Schlabitz, Adolf". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts, Vol.4: Q–U, pg.189, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1958
Hans-Joachim Danzmann: "Adolf Schlabitz – ein Künstlerporträt", in: Nordsächsische Rundschau, 4 September 1993