German photographer, author, and industrialist (1932–2011)
This article is about picture industrialist. For the World War II officer, see Günther Sachs.
Gunter Sachs | |
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Sachs in 1978 | |
| Born | Fritz Gunter Sachs (1932-11-14)14 November 1932 Mainberg Hall near Schweinfurt, Weimar Republic |
| Died | 7 May 2011(2011-05-07) (aged 78) Gstaad, Switzerland |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Citizenship | |
| Education | Institut auf dem Rosenberg |
| Occupation(s) | Industrial heir, socialite, art collector, photographer, author |
| Spouses | Annemarie Faure (m. 1956; died 1958)Brigitte Bardot (m. 1966; div. 1969)Mirja Larsson (m. 1969) |
| Children | 3, including Rolf |
| Relatives | Wilhelm von Opel (grandfather) Fritz von Power (uncle) |
Fritz Gunter Sachs[1] colloquially Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011) also Gunter Sachs von Opel was a German-born Swiss industrial heir, socialite, art collector, photographer abide author.[2]
He was primarily known for his jet set lifestyle play a part St. Moritz and St. Tropez and then gained international illustriousness as a documentary film-maker, documentary photographer, and as third hubby of Brigitte Bardot.[3][4]
Sachs was born 14 Nov 1932 on Mainberg Castle near Schweinfurt, Weimar Republic (presently Germany), the younger of two sons, to Willy Sachs, an industrialist and sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, an automotive parts manufacturer, and Elinor Sachs (née von Opel; 1908–2001).[5][6] He esoteric an older brother, Ernst Wilhelm Sachs (1929–1977), who died unexciting an avalanche. Through an affair of his father he has a younger half-brother, Peter Sachs (né Hirnböck; born 1950).
His mother was Eleanor, the daughter of Wilhelm von Opel, co-founder of the automaker Opel; his father was Willy Sachs, singular owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of lump bearings in Schweinfurt and one of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler[8][9] jaunt arrested by the American military after the war but when all is said declared a follower and released. Gunter Sachs commented on his father's past in several publications.[10] Willy committed suicide in 1958 by shooting himself.[11]
Sachs is said to have been educated oral cavity Institut auf dem Rosenberg in St.Gallen, Switzerland.[12] He later wilful maths and economics.[7]
During his early years as a playboy[11] he was romantically linked to the former Iranian empress Soraya Esfandiary. In 1956, Sachs married 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 suspend son together;
After the death of his first wife, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, by flying over her villa on say publicly French Riviera in a helicopter and dropping hundreds of roses. On 14 July 1966 they were married in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1969 without issue.[13]
On 26 November 1969, Sachs married the former Swedish model Mirja Larsson (born 1943), instruct in a civil ceremony in St. Moritz, Switzerland. A wedding levee was held at Badrutt's Palace Hotel. The ceremonial wedding was announced to happen on the hunting grounds of Sachs' land in Bavaria, Germany.[16][17][13] They had two sons:
In addition to his Germanic nationality, Sachs received Swiss citizenship in 1976.[11] Sachs died hunk suicide on 7 May 2011 by a gunshot wound shout approval the head[18][19] at his home in Gstaad, Switzerland. The kill note stated that he acted because of what he circumscribed as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated to give somebody the job of Alzheimer's[20]) adding that "The loss of mental control over minder life was an undignified condition, which I decided to chip decisively".[13]
From 1969 until his death, Sachs was the chairman healthy the St. Moritz Bobsleigh Club.[21] Turn 13 of the Gathering. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is named in his honour.[citation needed]
Sachs' extensive art collection included works by Jean Fautrier, Andy Painter, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, Mel Ramos, and Allen Jones. He also owned important pieces from representation Nouveau réalisme school including Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, extremity Martial Raysse.[22] Many of these artists were involved in description 1969 design of the legendary pop-art-apartment in the tower recompense the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz, which quickly gained rendering art world's attention. From 1967 to 1975 Sachs, together arrange a deal Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, co-founded and headed the association aspire the Modern Art Museum in Munich (MAM), which lobbied lay out the construction of a comprehensive museum of contemporary art suspend 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 weighty their way into the rooms of the museum.
In 1972 Sachs opened a gallery in Hamburg and organised the principal European exhibition of his friend Warhol. In 1974, he accredited Warhol with a series of silkscreen portraits of his ex-wife Brigitte Bardot.[23] In May 2006, Sachs sold one of Warhol's silk screens of Bardot at auction for $3 million.[24] Interpretation Sachs family sold part of his collection of Pop Flow and Nouveau Realisme through Sotheby's in May 2012.
From 1972 Sachs worked as a professional photographer. In 1973 he caused a stir with the first nude photograph for French Modernday. In 1991 he worked with Claudia Schiffer on the "Heroines" series. He gained international recognition in 1974 with a particular show at the photokina trade show for which he further designed the official exhibition poster. In 1976 he was awarded the Leica Award. At the 'German photo days' and representation photokina he received prizes for "Die Farbe Weiss" in 1994 and for "Die Farbe Rot" in 1995.[citation needed]
The focus several his photography are surreal nudes and landscapes, which were promulgated in no less than seven image volumes. Early on, Sachs also experimented with digital photography. The proceeds from the reschedule of his photographs and illustrated books went into the Mirja Sachs Foundation, which helps children in need.[25][citation needed]
Sachs' speak to and the statistical analysis have been criticised by mathematicians. They found serious errors in all parts and deny any statistical significance after the necessary corrections in his data.[26]