Hablik trained as a cabinet maker but also studied painting on porcelain. He continued his studies at the specialised ceramics school in Teplice. Thanks to his talent he was able to under- take study in other branches of art, firstly at the school of applied arts attached to Austrian Museum for Art and Industry in Vienna and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor Franz Thiele. In addition to painting he designed buildings, furniture and many articles of everyday use. Soon after completing his studies he left Prague for Germany, settling permanently in the region of Hamburg. In 1920 he was granted German citizenship. In 1925 the Fine Arts Association organised an exhibition of Hablik’s drawings, paintings and architectural designs at the House of Artists in Prague and in 1936 Hablik exhibited his works in his native town of Most. His oeuvre was closest to Expressionism in character although a certain tendency towards crystalline geometry is also evident in his works. Those principles in particular can be see in often very bold architectural designs, which were never fully implemented unfortunately.