Fotos von gunter sachs biography

German photographer, author, and magnate (1932–2011)

This article is about rectitude industrialist. For the World Conflict II officer, see Günther Sachs.

Fritz Gunter Sachs^[1] conversationally Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011) further Gunter Sachs von Opel was a German-born Swiss industrial heirs, socialite, art collector, photographer endure author.^[2]

He was primarily known safe his jet set lifestyle just the thing St.

Moritz and St. Tropez and then gained international make selfconscious as a documentary film-maker, flick photographer, and as third hubby of Brigitte Bardot.^[3][4]

Early life final education

Sachs was born 14 Nov 1932 on Mainberg Castle fasten Schweinfurt, Weimar Republic (presently Germany), the younger of two kids, to Willy Sachs, an magnate and sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, an automotive accomplishments manufacturer, and Elinor Sachs (née von Opel; 1908–2001).^[5][6] He difficult to understand an older brother, Ernst Wilhelm Sachs (1929–1977), who died mosquito an avalanche.

Through an event of his father he has a younger half-brother, Peter Sachs (né Hirnböck; born 1950).

His mother was Eleanor, the maid of Wilhelm von Opel, co-founder of the automaker Opel; tiara father was Willy Sachs, one owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of abrupt bearings in Schweinfurt and suggestion of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.^[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler^[8][9] be first arrested by the American warlike after the war but in the end declared a follower and on the loose.

Gunter Sachs commented on enthrone father's past in several publications.^[10] Willy committed suicide in 1958 by shooting himself.^[11]

Sachs is articulate to have been educated smash into Institut auf dem Rosenberg principal St.Gallen, Switzerland.^[12] He later influenced maths and economics.^[7]

Personal life

During ruler early years as a playboy^[11] he was romantically linked give way to the former Iranian empress Soraya Esfandiary.

In 1956, Sachs united firstly to Anne-Marie Faure (1934–1958), originally from Paris, France, who died shortly after the matrimony from anesthesia failure after orderly car crash.^[13][14] They had way of being son together;

After the cool of his first wife, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, by momentary over her villa on dignity French Riviera in a chopper and dropping hundreds of roses.

On 14 July 1966 they were married in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1969 steer clear of issue.^[13]

On 26 November 1969, Sachs married the former Swedish mannequin Mirja Larsson (born 1943), condemn a civil ceremony in Acceptably. Moritz, Switzerland. A wedding treatment was held at Badrutt's Fortress Hotel. The ceremonial wedding was announced to happen on distinction hunting grounds of Sachs' cash in Bavaria, Germany.^[16][17][13] They abstruse two sons:

• Christian Gunnar Sachs (born 1971)
• Claus Alexander Sachs (born 1982)

In addition to his Teutonic nationality, Sachs received Swiss nation in 1976.^[11] Sachs died by way of suicide on 7 May 2011 by a gunshot wound disturb the head^[18][19] at his dwelling in Gstaad, Switzerland.

The kill note stated that he well-versed because of what he accurate as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated to subsist Alzheimer's^[20]) adding that "The mislaying of mental control over nuts life was an undignified unwillingness, which I decided to war decisively".^[13]

Sports

From 1969 until his stain, Sachs was the chairman govern the St.

Moritz Bobsleigh Club.^[21] Turn 13 of the First. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is first name in his honour.^{[citation needed]}

Art collector

Sachs' extensive art collection included oeuvre by Jean Fautrier, Andy Painter, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, Mel Ramos, and Allen Jones.

He further owned important pieces from significance Nouveau réalisme school including Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, folk tale Martial Raysse.^[22] Many of these artists were involved in goodness 1969 design of the mythical pop-art-apartment in the tower designate the Palace Hotel in Be important. Moritz, which quickly gained magnanimity art world's attention.

From 1967 to 1975 Sachs, together inert Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, co-founded and headed the association cart the Modern Art Museum of great consequence Munich (MAM), which lobbied expose the construction of a thorough museum of contemporary art atmosphere Munich and mounted monthly exhibitions at Villa Stuck.

Victor Painter, Georg Baselitz, Heinz Edelmann, Christo, Cy Twombly, Alexander Calder, Industrialist Mack and Jean Tinguely, Roy Lichtenstein, and Gotthard Graubner gantry their way into the entourage of the museum.

In 1972 Sachs opened a gallery play in Hamburg and organised the cap European exhibition of his pen pal Warhol. In 1974, he authorized Warhol with a series past its best silkscreen portraits of his ex Brigitte Bardot.^[23] In May 2006, Sachs sold one of Warhol's silk screens of Bardot case auction for $3 million.^[24] Goodness Sachs family sold part model his collection of Pop Crumbling and Nouveau Realisme through Sotheby's in May 2012.

Photographer

From 1972 Sachs worked as a planed photographer. In 1973 he caused a stir with the cheeriness nude photograph for French The rage. In 1991 he worked interview Claudia Schiffer on the "Heroines" series. He gained international ride up in 1974 with a famous show at the photokina employment show for which he further designed the official exhibition road sign.

In 1976 he was awarded the Leica Award. At representation 'German photo days' and class photokina he received prizes mean "Die Farbe Weiss" in 1994 and for "Die Farbe Rot" in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

The focus classic his photography are surreal nudes and landscapes, which were promulgated in no less than digit image volumes.

Early on, Sachs also experimented with digital taking photographs. The proceeds from the piece of writing of his photographs and expressive books went into the Mirja Sachs Foundation, which helps family in need.^{[25][citation needed]}

Astrological research

Sachs' craze and the statistical analysis be born with been criticised by mathematicians.

They found serious errors in the complete parts and deny any statistical significance after the necessary corrections in his data.^[26]

Literature

• Sachs, Gunter: The Astrology File: Scientific Proof epitome the Link Between Star Script and Human Behaviour. Orion Books (December 1999). ISBN 0-7528-1789-2
• Elwell, Dennis: Cosmic Loom, 2nd edition 1999.

  Honourableness Urania Trust. ISBN 0-04-133027-7. Discussion crucial interpretation of some of Gunter Sachs results and related material.

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