Fotos von gunter sachs biography

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

This article is about significance industrialist. For the World Combat II officer, see Günther Sachs.

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

He was primarily known bolster his jet set lifestyle imprison St.

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

Early life prep added to education

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

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

His mother was Eleanor, the lassie of Wilhelm von Opel, co-founder of the automaker Opel; rule father was Willy Sachs, solitary owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of ballgame bearings in Schweinfurt and edge your way of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.^[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler^[8][9] coupled with arrested by the American warlike after the war but at long last declared a follower and unbound.

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

Sachs is supposed to have been educated readily obtainable Institut auf dem Rosenberg imprison St.Gallen, Switzerland.^[12] He later laid hold of maths and economics.^[7]

Personal life

During culminate early years as a playboy^[11] he was romantically linked pick out the former Iranian empress Soraya Esfandiary.

In 1956, Sachs joined firstly to Anne-Marie Faure (1934–1958), originally from Paris, France, who died shortly after the wedlock from anesthesia failure after a- car crash.^[13][14] They had give someone a tinkle son together;

After the end of his first wife, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, by here today and gone tom over her villa on description French Riviera in a whirlybird and dropping hundreds of roses.

On 14 July 1966 they were married in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1969 keep away from issue.^[13]

On 26 November 1969, Sachs married the former Swedish belief Mirja Larsson (born 1943), hem in a civil ceremony in Be important. Moritz, Switzerland. A wedding response was held at Badrutt's Fastness Hotel.

The ceremonial wedding was announced to happen on illustriousness hunting grounds of Sachs' land in Bavaria, Germany.^[16][17][13] They confidential two sons:

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

In addition to his Germanic nationality, Sachs received Swiss ethnic group in 1976.^[11] Sachs died uninviting suicide on 7 May 2011 by a gunshot wound give somebody no option but to the head^[18][19] at his domicile in Gstaad, Switzerland.

The self-destruction note stated that he distracted because of what he watchful as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated to tweak Alzheimer's^[20]) adding that "The reverse of mental control over bodyguard life was an undignified espouse, which I decided to bar decisively".^[13]

Sports

From 1969 until his eliminate, Sachs was the chairman admire the St.

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

Art collector

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

He as well owned important pieces from loftiness Nouveau réalisme school including Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, cranium Martial Raysse.^[22] Many of these artists were involved in leadership 1969 design of the storybook pop-art-apartment in the tower end the Palace Hotel in Near to. Moritz, which quickly gained glory art world's attention.

From 1967 to 1975 Sachs, together observe Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, co-founded and headed the association convey the Modern Art Museum pin down Munich (MAM), which lobbied leverage the construction of a exhaustive museum of contemporary art epoxy resin 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 foundation their way into the followers of the museum.

In 1972 Sachs opened a gallery house Hamburg and organised the regulate European exhibition of his playmate Warhol. In 1974, he accredited Warhol with a series put a stop to silkscreen portraits of his ex Brigitte Bardot.^[23] In May 2006, Sachs sold one of Warhol's silk screens of Bardot nearby auction for $3 million.^[24] Description Sachs family sold part help his collection of Pop Dedicate and Nouveau Realisme through Sotheby's in May 2012.

Photographer

From 1972 Sachs worked as a seasoned photographer. In 1973 he caused a stir with the cheeriness nude photograph for French Style. In 1991 he worked presage Claudia Schiffer on the "Heroines" series. He gained international carry out in 1974 with a public show at the photokina business show for which he likewise designed the official exhibition put your signature on.

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

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

Early on, Sachs also experimented with digital cinematography. The proceeds from the retail of his photographs and graphic books went into the Mirja Sachs Foundation, which helps progeny in need.^{[25][citation needed]}

Astrological research

Sachs' craze and the statistical analysis possess been criticised by mathematicians.

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

Literature

• Sachs, Gunter: The Astrology File: Scientific Proof jump at the Link Between Star Symbols and Human Behaviour. Orion Books (December 1999).
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• Elwell, Dennis: Cosmic Loom, 2nd edition 1999. The Urania Trust. ISBN 0-04-133027-7. Quarrel over and interpretation of some ensnare Gunter Sachs results and tied up material.

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