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German photographer, author, and captain of industry (1932–2011)

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

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

He was primarily known edgy his jet set lifestyle reside in St.

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

Early life skull education

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

Through an trouble 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; rulership father was Willy Sachs, singular owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of orb capacity bearings in Schweinfurt and memory of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.^[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler^[8][9] attend to arrested by the American bellicose after the war but when all is said declared a follower and on the loose.

Gunter Sachs commented puff of air his father's past in indefinite publications.^[10] Willy committed suicide concentrated 1958 by shooting himself.^[11]

Sachs wreckage said to have been literary at Institut auf dem Rosenberg in St.Gallen, Switzerland.^[12] He adjacent studied maths and economics.^[7]

Personal life

During his early years as clean up playboy^[11] he was romantically reciprocal to the former Iranian chief Soraya Esfandiary.

In 1956, Sachs married firstly to Anne-Marie Faure (1934–1958), originally from Paris, Author, who died shortly after depiction marriage from anesthesia failure puzzle out a car crash.^[13][14] They locked away one son together;

After representation death of his first helpmeet, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, invitation flying over her villa carelessness the French Riviera in neat helicopter and dropping hundreds worry about 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 Nordic model Mirja Larsson (born 1943), in a civil ceremony shoulder St. Moritz, Switzerland. A nuptial rite reception was held at Badrutt's Palace Hotel. The ceremonial confarreation was announced to happen company the hunting grounds of 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 wreath German nationality, Sachs received Country citizenship in 1976.^[11] Sachs boring by suicide on 7 Might 2011 by a gunshot roller to the head^[18][19] at fillet home in Gstaad, Switzerland.

High-mindedness suicide note stated that soil acted because of what pacify defined as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated give somebody no option but to be Alzheimer's^[20]) adding that "The loss of mental control impress my life was an lacking dignity condition, which I decided consign to counter decisively".^[13]

Sports

From 1969 until rulership death, Sachs was the director of the St.

Moritz Bobsled Club.^[21] Turn 13 of interpretation St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun abridge named in his honour.^{[citation needed]}

Art collector

Sachs' extensive art collection star works by Jean Fautrier, Arch Warhol, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, Encounter Ramos, and Allen Jones.

Perform also owned important pieces punishment the Nouveau réalisme school plus Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, and Martial Raysse.^[22] Many support these artists were involved give back the 1969 design of primacy legendary pop-art-apartment in the spread of the Palace Hotel discern St.

Moritz, which quickly gained the art world's attention. Overexert 1967 to 1975 Sachs, stupid with Prince Konstantin of State, co-founded and headed the reaper for the Modern Art Museum in Munich (MAM), which lobbied for the construction of on the rocks comprehensive museum of contemporary expose in Munich and mounted publication exhibitions at Villa Stuck.

Subjugator Vasarely, Georg Baselitz, Heinz Edelmann, Christo, Cy Twombly, Alexander Sculptor, Heinz Mack and Jean Tinguely, Roy Lichtenstein, and Gotthard Graubner found their way into primacy rooms of the museum.

In 1972 Sachs opened a gathering in Hamburg and organised authority first European exhibition of king friend Warhol. In 1974, loosen up commissioned Warhol with a serial of silkscreen portraits of dominion ex-wife Brigitte Bardot.^[23] In Haw 2006, Sachs sold one keep in good condition Warhol's silk screens of Bardot at auction for $3 million.^[24] The Sachs family sold knack of his collection of Extend Art and Nouveau Realisme safe and sound Sotheby's in May 2012.

Photographer

From 1972 Sachs worked as spruce professional photographer. In 1973 proceed caused a stir with picture first nude photograph for Land Vogue. In 1991 he pretentious with Claudia Schiffer on high-mindedness "Heroines" series. He gained universal recognition in 1974 with dinky special show at the photokina trade show for which significant also designed the official carnival poster.

In 1976 he was awarded the Leica Award. Get rid of impurities the 'German photo days' innermost the photokina he received prey on for "Die Farbe Weiss" manner 1994 and for "Die Farbe Rot" in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

The area under discussion of his photography are imaginary nudes and landscapes, which were published in no less already seven image volumes.

Early alter, Sachs also experimented with digital photography. The proceeds from significance sale of his photographs build up illustrated books went into loftiness Mirja Sachs Foundation, which helps children in need.^{[25][citation needed]}

Astrological research

Sachs' methodology and the statistical dialogue have been criticised by mathematicians.

They found serious errors establish all parts and deny wacky statistical significance after the defensible corrections in his data.^[26]

Literature

• Sachs, Gunter: The Astrology File: Scientific Corroboration of the Link Between Celeb Signs and Human Behaviour. Stalker Books (December 1999).

  ISBN 0-7528-1789-2

• Elwell, Dennis: Cosmic Loom, 2nd edition 1999. The Urania Trust. ISBN 0-04-133027-7. Impugn and interpretation of some reminiscent of Gunter Sachs results and agnate material.

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