Fred Haberlein

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Fred F. Haberlein
Born(1944-12-07)December 7, 1944
DiedApril 16, 2018(2018-04-16) (aged 73)

Fred F. Haberlein was an American muralist, painter, and sculptor. He grew up at Conejos Ranch, a guest ranch in Conejos County, Colorado. He studied sculpture and printmaking in college, but he was best known for his murals throughout the western United States, predominantly in Colorado. He lived near Glenwood Springs, Colorado and died in 2018. [1]

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Haberlein was twice nominated for the Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. He taught art classes at Colorado Mountain College for eighteen years. [2] His first mural was rendered in Oracle, AZ in 1977, and he completed over 130 murals since then. A Native American friend gave him the name "Lightning Heart," which he used professionally. Haberlein completed more single-handed murals than any other U.S. artist. [3]

List of murals by location

Colorado

San Luis Valley

Alamosa
SiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
U.S. Post OfficeThe San Luis Valley4 x 48 ft.
Crane Building, Main StreetWhooping Cranes and Wetlands32 x 43 ft.
Big A Auto Parts Motor Coach BusMt. Blanca Sunrise3 x 16 ft.
Sangre de Cristo Panorama3 x 16 ft.
Walsh Motel BarToltec Gorge6 x 8 ft.
Valley-Wide Health ServicesSierra Vista3 x 36 ft.oil painting
KRZA RadioPictorial Logo8 ft. circle
Meriwether Photo VanThe High Country6 x 34 ft.wrap-around, no longer in existence
Sports Family HaircareThe Latir Lakes4 x 7 ft.no longer in existence
Trinidad State Junior CollegeThe Great Thunder Bear4.5 x 9 ft.painted sculpture
Antonito
SiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
Antonito High SchoolTrojan Horse Design #14 x 6 ft.no longer in existence
Trojan Horse Design #24 x 6 ft.no longer in existence
Trojan Warrior4 x 6 ft.
The Four Seasons8 x 50 ft.cafeteria/meeting rooms
The Judgment of Paris4 x 6 ft.entry
The Battle between Hector and Achilles4 x 6 ft.
Cristo El Rey ChurchDove of the Holy Spirit4 x 10 ft.altar mural
Nine etched glass windows2 x 8 ft. each
Main StreetHistory of the Conejos River Region16 x 100 ft.
Miracle at Tepeyac - Nuestra Señora del Valle de San Luis7 x 28 ft.
Quetzalcoatl de Nuevo Aztlan - The Great Water Serpent of the Rio Grande8 x 48 ft.
Mimbres Rabbit - Conejo for Conejos14 ft. circle
Mimbres Trout - Truchas de Luz10 ft. circle
Cattle Drive along the Cumbers and Toltec4 x 8 ft.oil, no longer in existence
Narrow Gauge CaféSun/Eagle/Aspen16 x 4 ft.
The Box Canyon of the Río San Antonio4 x 6.5 ft.
Narrow Gauge MotelThe Cumbers and Toltec Railroad - Four Seasons4 x 23 ft.
People's Drug Store (defunct)The Main Street of Antonito - 1994 x 18.5 ft.
Hayfield in the Bosque4.5 x 32 ft.no longer in existence
San Antonio Mountain4.5 x 42 ft.no longer in existence
Private Homes4 x 6 ft.
4 x 8 ft.
10 x 14 ft.ceiling
8 x 14 ft.ceiling, no longer in existence
Silo ParkThe History of the San Luis Valley40 ft. high eachacross four silos
S.P.M.D.T.U. HallLa Alma - The Earth Mother9 x 22 ft.no longer in existence
Los Trabajadores20 x 22 ft.no longer in existence
San Miguel12.5 x 16 ft.no longer in existence
U.S. Post OfficeOjo de Diosoutside
American Eagle4 x 18 ft.interior mural, no longer in existence
La Jara
SiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
U.S. Post OfficeThe Conejos High Country4 x 32 ft.
High Valley Insurance BuildingThe High Valley7 x 50 ft.
Valdez Law OfficesShepherd's Sunrise8 x 38 ft.
U.S. West Phone BuildingThe Old Platoro Line Terrace Reservoir12 x 20 ft.
La Jara Trading PostThe Wild Horses10 x 130 ft.
Probvost-Le Febre Wool WarehouseThe Rams10 x 30 ft.
Catholic ChurchAdoration of the Magi4 x 16 ft.
Long Branch SaloonAnimal Map Alaska to Guatemala4 x 10 ft.
Centauri High SchoolPeregrine Falcon15 x 25 ft.entry
Peregrine Falcon10 x 23 ft.gymnasium
Max Lara HomeCañon Diablo4 x 6 ft.
Manassa
SiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
Town Hall3 x 24 ft.
ParkJack Dempsey Portrait8 x 12 ft.
Main StreetJack Dempsey in 192117 x 50 ft.homage to George Bellows
America's Farmers and Ranchers Feed the World17 x 50 ft.
Hummingbirds and Columbine Clock5 ft. diameter
Mormon Pioneer Days Rodeo GroundsFence, Running Rodeo Animals8 x 1,000 ft.no longer in existence
Bronco Busters15 x 32 ft.no longer in existence
Mayor's HouseEagle4 x 6 ft.
Other
Town/VillageSiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
Bountiful, COConejos Propane Co.San Luis Valley Sunrise10 x 35 ft.
CañónValdino Gallegos HouseBig Game Animals8 x 16 ft.
Elk4 x 16 ft.
Capulin, COJunior High School GymPeregrine Falcons12 x 23 ft.
Center, COLa FronteraBright Promise10 x 60 ft.
Center High SchoolThe McClure Memorial12 x 34 ft.
Conejos, COU.S. Post OfficeThe Old Plaza at Conejos2 x 12 ft.
Gates4 x 6 ft.no longer in existence
The Old Jaramillo House5 x 12 ft.
Conejos CanyonJohnson HouseVirgin of Guadalupe4 x 8 ft.
Creede, COMineral County CourthouseAl Randel Memorial Mural - Bristol Head4 x 7 ft.
Del Norte, CORio Grande County MuseumColorado's San Luis Valley4 x 24 ft.
Las MesitasLionel Ruybal HouseLos Mogotes9 x 16 ft.
Moffat, COMoffat/Crestone SchoolsThe Crestones6 x 10 ft., 10 x 20 ft., 10 x 10 ft.three-wall mural, no longer in existence
MogoteKey's Mogote StoreLos Mogotes4 x 18 ft.
Rito HondoArt Trujillo HouseBuffalo and Grizzly10 x 16 ft.
Romeo, COSilo at U.S. 285Whooping Cranes18 x 22 ft.
Abe's Place (defunct)The Evening Star (Six Sun Power Designs)9 x 28 ft.
Saguache, COMountain Valley SchoolCochetopa Pass Buffalos10 x 40 ft.
San AntonioJr. Madril HouseConejos Peak8 x 15 ft.
San Luis, COU.S. Post OfficeSan Luis - Colorado's Oldest Town3 x 18 ft.

Glenwood Springs

SiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
Summit Canyon MountaineeringThe Crystal and Roaring Fork Valleys from Mushroom Rock15 x 16 ft.oil
Highway 82 - Ed Larsh BarnThe Restore the Train Mural18 x 60 ft.no longer in existence
Glenwood Caverns and Adventure ParkGlenwood Caverns22 x 40 ft.
Colorado Mountain College Offices, Grand Ave. & 8thThe Flattops Wilderness10 x 51 ft.
Community Center LobbyChair Mountain in Fall3 x 5 ft.oil
Goblin Gulch3 x 5 ft.oil
No Name Arch4 x 6 ft.oil
No Name Arch4 x 6 ft.oil
Mount Sopris from Ski Sunlight4 x 12 ft.oil
Glenwood Springs Community CenterCaribbean Beach9.5 x 11 ft.
Mt. Sopris5 x 7 ft.
Colorado Mountain College Blake CenterGeology of the West2 x 6 ft.
McConnell HomeTrain Mural3 x 12 ft. eachthree walls
Old Cardiff School ParkSunlight3 x 4 ft.panel
Moonlight3 x 4 ft.panel
Calvin Lee and Assoc. Law OfficeNorth Couloir - Mt. Sopris3 x 4 ft.
City HallOld Time Canyon4 x 12 ft.
Flaming Gorge6 x 8 ft.
Red Mountain InnPictographs and Petroglyphs10 x 60 ft.
Eaves10 x 18 ft.
Additional Eaves3 x 7 ft., 10 x 18 ft.
Ortega Home, Red CanyonCoyotes and Moon9 x 16 ft.stairwell
Little Bavarian RestaurantThe Bederzee5 x 9 ft.
The Little Bavarians8.5 x 8.5 ft.
Bouquets of Gentians and Edelweiss4 x 4 ft.total of two
Flowered sign border
Colorado Canoe and Kayak, Grand Ave.Mt. Sopris and the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers12 x 22 ft.

Other

Town/VillageSiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
Carbondale, CODinkle BuildingThe Interconnected Web of Life - Chair Mountain and the Crystal River9 x 48 ft.
The Crystal River and Mount Sopris4 x 16 ft.no longer in existence
Fire House, Public Meeting RoomFirst Snow4 x 16 ft.
City HallLos Mestizos10 x 10 ft.with Leo Tanguma for The Latino Festivals
GunnisonMain StreetGunnison Hayfields and Ohio Creek17 x 62 ft.
Leadville, COMain Street and 3rdLeadville U.S.A.18 x 42 ft.
National Mining Hall of Fame and MuseumThe Rockies - Mt. Massive and the Upper Arkansas4 x 22 ft.Seven murals collectively titled America's Great Mining Regions
The Desert - Sonoran Desert Thunderheads4 x 23.5 ft.
The East - Appalachian Autumn4 x 24 ft.
Man into Space - The First Steps4 x 24 ft.
Above Timberline4 x 24 ft.
The California Gold Rush - Chimney Rock, Nebraska4 x 24 ft.
The Old Log Flume - Lake Tahoe4 x 24 ft.
RifleBookcliffs Arts Council Barn8 x 28 ft.with Diane Seabrook
Salida, COThe Mighty Arkansas and the Angel of Shavano14 x 100 ft.
Free The Monkey5 x 10 ft.two jungle signs
Sawdusky Bldg., F StreetThe High Mountains4 x 8 ft.
Snowmass VillageSnowmass Landscape7.5 x 45 ft.cut steel

Outside Colorado, national and international

LocationSiteTitle/SubjectDimensionsNotes
Oracle, AZMother Cody's CafeDesert Night15 x 42 ft.no longer in existence
White Buffalo - The Stampede15 x 42 ft.no longer in existence
Acadia Ranch MuseumCañada del Oro5 x 21 ft.
Rancho Linda VistaFalcon House8 x 50 ft.wraparound
Waterbird HouseDesert Vista and four doors with Waterbird designs10 x 29 ft.
Jones HouseRed Vista with Yuccas10 x 32 ft.
Tucson, AZBlue Willow CaféBlue Willow Legend10 x 28 ft.N. Campbell Ave.
N. Campbell Ave. Parking AreaBlue Willow and Lovebirds10 x 15 ft.no longer in existence
Creative Solutions Solar ConsultantsSun Power in the Desert16 x 60 ft.no longer in existence
Tucson Art MuseumDesert Canyon5 x 23 ft.opening day mural
Roseberg, ORFirst National BankThe Rocky Mountains after Albert Bierstadt4 x 8 ft.W/M Moore and B. Bell
New York, NYManhattan Office Building - 48th FloorCherry Valley Moonrise4 x 8 ft.
Santa Fe, NMSanta Fe StoveworksThe Lenticular Cloud - Limber Pines at Timberline4 x 8 ft.
Quito, EcuadorAdam and Eve RestaurantThe Garden of Eden6 x 24 ft.

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References

  1. "Frederick Fitzjarrald Haberlein (December 7, 1944 — April 16, 2018)".
  2. "A glimpse into a Lightning Heart" . Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  3. "Fred Lightning Heart, Part 1" . Retrieved 2015-05-24.