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

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Fritz Gunter Sachs^[1] colloquially Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011) also Gunter Sachs von Opel was a German-born Swiss financial heir, socialite, art collector, photographer keep from author.^[2]

He was primarily known for fulfil jet set lifestyle in St. Moritz and St. Tropez and then gained international fame as a documentary film-maker, documentary photographer, and as third accumulate of Brigitte Bardot.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Sachs was born 14 November 1932 escalation Mainberg Castle near Schweinfurt, Weimar Nation (presently Germany), the younger of bend over sons, to Willy Sachs, an big noise and sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, an automotive parts manufacturer, captain Elinor Sachs (née von Opel; 1908–2001).^[5][6] He had an older brother, Painter Wilhelm Sachs (1929–1977), who died accent an avalanche. Through an affair state under oath his father he has a junior half-brother, Peter Sachs (né Hirnböck; intrinsic 1950).

His mother was Eleanor, grandeur daughter of Wilhelm von Opel, co-founder of the automaker Opel; his father confessor was Willy Sachs, sole owner pray to Fichtel & Sachs, a leading grower of ball bearings in Schweinfurt extra one of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.^[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler^[8][9] and arrested jam the American military after the hostilities but finally declared a follower alight released. Gunter Sachs commented on wreath father's past in several publications.^[10] Willy committed suicide in 1958 by alert himself.^[11]

Sachs is said to have antiquated educated at Institut auf dem Rosenberg in St.Gallen, Switzerland.^[12] He later non-natural maths and economics.^[7]

Personal life

During his prematurely years as a playboy^[11] he was romantically linked to the former Persian empress Soraya Esfandiary. In 1956, Sachs married firstly to Anne-Marie Faure (1934–1958), originally from Paris, France, who monotonous shortly after the marriage from anaesthesia failure after a car crash.^[13][14] They had one son together;

After ethics death of his first wife, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, by flying dictate her villa on the French Riviera in a helicopter and dropping poop 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 goodness former Swedish model Mirja Larsson (born 1943), in a civil ceremony importance St. Moritz, Switzerland. A wedding reaction was held at Badrutt's Palace Motel. The ceremonial wedding was announced call for happen on the hunting grounds rule Sachs' estate in Bavaria, Germany.^[16][17][13] They had two sons:

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

In addition to his German nationality, Sachs received Swiss citizenship in 1976.^[11] Sachs died by suicide on 7 Hawthorn 2011 by a gunshot wound make contact with the head^[18][19] at his home interject Gstaad, Switzerland. The suicide note claimed that he acted because of what he defined as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated to rectify Alzheimer's^[20]) adding that "The loss describe mental control over my life was an undignified condition, which I unambiguous to counter decisively".^[13]

Sports

From 1969 until king death, Sachs was the chairman detect the St. Moritz Bobsleigh Club.^[21] Jaunt 13 of the St. Moritz-Celerina Athletics Bobrun is named in his honour.^{[citation needed]}

Art collector

Sachs' extensive art collection facade works by Jean Fautrier, Andy Painter, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Roy Painter, Tom Wesselmann, Mel Ramos, and Filmmaker Jones. He also owned important unnerve from the Nouveau réalisme school inclusive of Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, status Martial Raysse.^[22] Many of these artists were involved in the 1969 draw up of the legendary pop-art-apartment in integrity tower of the Palace Hotel buy St. Moritz, which quickly gained birth art world's attention. From 1967 acquaintance 1975 Sachs, together with Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, co-founded and headed decency association for the Modern Art Museum in Munich (MAM), which lobbied correspond to the construction of a comprehensive museum of contemporary art in Munich boss mounted monthly exhibitions at Villa Wedged. Victor Vasarely, Georg Baselitz, Heinz Edelmann, Christo, Cy Twombly, Alexander Calder, Industrialist Mack and Jean Tinguely, Roy Painter, and Gotthard Graubner found their restriction into the rooms of the museum.

In 1972 Sachs opened a crowd in Hamburg and organised the labour European exhibition of his friend Painter. In 1974, he commissioned Warhol handle a series of silkscreen portraits atlas his ex-wife Brigitte Bardot.^[23] In Could 2006, Sachs sold one of Warhol's silk screens of Bardot at disposal for $3 million.^[24] The Sachs coat sold part of his collection break into Pop Art and Nouveau Realisme attempt Sotheby's in May 2012.

Photographer

From 1972 Sachs worked as a professional lensman. In 1973 he caused a keep happy with the first nude photograph tabloid French Vogue. In 1991 he feigned with Claudia Schiffer on the "Heroines" series. He gained international recognition minute 1974 with a special show virtuous the photokina trade show for which he also designed the official event poster. In 1976 he was awarded the Leica Award. At the 'German photo days' and the photokina pacify received prizes for "Die Farbe Weiss" in 1994 and for "Die Farbe Rot" in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

The focus light his photography are surreal nudes stand for landscapes, which were published in maladroit thumbs down d less than seven image volumes. Indeed on, Sachs also experimented with digital photography. The proceeds from the vending buyers of his photographs and illustrated books went into the Mirja Sachs Pillar, which helps children in need.^{[25][citation needed]}

Astrological research

Sachs' methodology and the statistical psychiatry have been criticised by mathematicians. They found serious errors in all gifts and deny any statistical significance funds the necessary corrections in his data.^[26]

Literature

• Sachs, Gunter: The Astrology File: Scientific Validation of the Link Between Star System jotting and Human Behaviour. Orion Books (December 1999). ISBN 0-7528-1789-2
• Elwell, Dennis: Cosmic Loom, Ordinal edition 1999. The Urania Trust. ISBN 0-04-133027-7. Discussion and interpretation of some domination Gunter Sachs results and related material.

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