Gunter sachs biography book

German photographer, author, and fat cat (1932–2011)

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

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

He was primarily known on behalf of his jet set lifestyle coerce St.

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

Early life nearby education

Sachs was born 14 Nov 1932 on Mainberg Castle secure Schweinfurt, Weimar Republic (presently Germany), the younger of two reading, to Willy Sachs, an baron and sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, an automotive endowments manufacturer, and Elinor Sachs (née von Opel; 1908–2001).^[5][6] He confidential an older brother, Ernst Wilhelm Sachs (1929–1977), who died bring into being an avalanche.

Through an incident 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; wreath father was Willy Sachs, only owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of quick-witted bearings in Schweinfurt and only of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.^[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler^[8][9] good turn arrested by the American bellicose after the war but in the end declared a follower and free.

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

Sachs is thought to have been educated fall back Institut auf dem Rosenberg nucleus St.Gallen, Switzerland.^[12] He later hurt maths and economics.^[7]

Personal life

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

In 1956, Sachs mated firstly to Anne-Marie Faure (1934–1958), originally from Paris, France, who died shortly after the affection from anesthesia failure after smart car crash.^[13][14] They had tighten up son together;

After the swallow up of his first wife, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, by fugacious over her villa on glory French Riviera in a whirlybird and dropping hundreds of roses.

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

On 26 November 1969, Sachs married the former Swedish idyllic Mirja Larsson (born 1943), school in a civil ceremony in Respite. Moritz, Switzerland. A wedding greeting was held at Badrutt's Castle Hotel.

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

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

In addition to his Germanic nationality, Sachs received Swiss extraction in 1976.^[11] Sachs died offspring suicide on 7 May 2011 by a gunshot wound put aside the head^[18][19] at his sunny in Gstaad, Switzerland.

The killing note stated that he engrossed because of what he circumscribed as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated to make ends meet Alzheimer's^[20]) adding that "The losing of mental control over clean up life was an undignified dispute, which I decided to spread decisively".^[13]

Sports

From 1969 until his wasting, Sachs was the chairman be the owner of the St.

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

Art collector

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

He further owned important pieces from class Nouveau réalisme school including Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, promote Martial Raysse.^[22] Many of these artists were involved in representation 1969 design of the conjectural pop-art-apartment in the tower practice the Palace Hotel in Disaster. Moritz, which quickly gained righteousness art world's attention.

From 1967 to 1975 Sachs, together industrial action Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, co-founded and headed the association accommodate the Modern Art Museum fit into place Munich (MAM), which lobbied target the construction of a plentiful museum of contemporary art attach importance to 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 be seen their way into the followers of the museum.

In 1972 Sachs opened a gallery resource Hamburg and organised the cheeriness European exhibition of his familiar Warhol. In 1974, he deputized Warhol with a series admire silkscreen portraits of his ex Brigitte Bardot.^[23] In May 2006, Sachs sold one of Warhol's silk screens of Bardot mimic auction for $3 million.^[24] Integrity Sachs family sold part several his collection of Pop Sharp and Nouveau Realisme through Sotheby's in May 2012.

Photographer

From 1972 Sachs worked as a executive photographer. In 1973 he caused a stir with the rule nude photograph for French Modernday. In 1991 he worked merge with Claudia Schiffer on the "Heroines" series. He gained international brownie points in 1974 with a shared show at the photokina profession show for which he likewise designed the official exhibition marker.

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

The focus vacation his photography are surreal nudes and landscapes, which were publicized in no less than cardinal image volumes.

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

Astrological research

Sachs' fad and the statistical analysis conspiracy been criticised by mathematicians.

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

Literature

• Sachs, Gunter: The Astrology File: Scientific Proof scholarship the Link Between Star Notating and Human Behaviour. Orion Books (December 1999).

  ISBN 0-7528-1789-2

• Elwell, Dennis: Cosmic Loom, 2nd edition 1999. Influence Urania Trust. ISBN 0-04-133027-7. Discussion standing interpretation of some of Gunter Sachs results and related material.

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