Gunter Sachs

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

Gunter Sachs
Sachs in 1978
Born
Fritz Gunter Sachs

(1932-11-14)14 November 1932
Mainberg Castle near Schweinfurt, Weimar Republic
(now Germany)
Died7 May 2011(2011-05-07) (aged 78)
Gstaad, Switzerland
Cause of deathSuicide
Citizenship
  • Switzerland
  • Germany
EducationInstitut auf dem Rosenberg
Occupation(s)Industrial heir, socialite, art collector, photographer, author
Spouses
Annemarie Faure
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​
(m. 1956; died 1958)​
​
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(m. 1966; div. 1969)​
Mirja Larsson
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(m. 1969)​
Children3, including Rolf
RelativesWilhelm von Opel (grandfather)
Fritz von Opel (uncle)
Signature

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 and author.[2]

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

Early life and education

Schloss Mainberg near Schweinfurt, Gunter Sachs' birthplace

Sachs was born 14 November 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 had an older brother, Ernst Wilhelm Sachs (1929–1977), who died in 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, sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of ball bearings in Schweinfurt and one of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers.[7] Willy was friendly with Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler[8][9] and arrested by the American military after the war but finally 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 at Institut auf dem Rosenberg in St.Gallen, Switzerland.[12] He later studied maths and economics.[7]

Personal life

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 marriage from anesthesia failure after a car crash.[13][14] They had one son together;

After the death of his first wife, Sachs courted Brigitte Bardot, by flying over her villa on the 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), in a civil ceremony in St. Moritz, Switzerland. A wedding reception was held at Badrutt's Palace Hotel. The ceremonial wedding was announced to happen on 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 his German nationality, Sachs received Swiss citizenship in 1976.[11] Sachs died by suicide on 7 May 2011 by a gunshot wound to the head[18][19] at his home in Gstaad, Switzerland. The suicide note stated that he acted because of what he defined as "hopeless illness A." (which some have speculated to be Alzheimer's[20]) adding that "The loss of mental control over my life was an undignified condition, which I decided to counter decisively".[13]

Sports

From 1969 until his death, Sachs was the chairman of the St. Moritz Bobsleigh Club.[21] Turn 13 of the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is named in his honour.[citation needed]

Art collector

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

In 1972 Sachs opened a gallery in Hamburg and organised the first European exhibition of his friend Warhol. In 1974, he commissioned 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] The Sachs family sold part of his collection of Pop Art and Nouveau Realisme through Sotheby's in May 2012.

Photographer

Gunter Sachs (1978)

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

The focus of his photography are surreal nudes and landscapes, which were published in no less than seven image volumes. Early on, Sachs also experimented with digital photography. The proceeds from the sale of his photographs and illustrated books went into the Mirja Sachs Foundation, which helps children in need.[25][citation needed]

Astrological research

Sachs' methodology 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]

Literature

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

References

  1. ^ "Fritz Gunter SACHS personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Gunter Sachs, Ex-Husband of Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 78 (Published 2011)". The New York Times. 10 May 2011.
  3. ^ Johnson, Jamie (10 May 2011). "Death of a Riviera Playboy: Gunter Sachs Departs the Party". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Gunter Sachs: Playboy and husband of Brigitte Bardot who helped put". 10 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Billionaire playboy Gunter Sachs commits suicide over illness". The Montreal Gazette. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Elinor Kirchner von Opel ist tot - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Ex-German Playboy Gunter Sachs commits suicide". Asian News International. London. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  8. ^ "'Schweinfurt Under the Swastika'". Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  9. ^ Wilfried Rott: 'Der braune Schatten' (German)[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ 'Ich stand nie für das Ewig-Gestrige', (German) Süddeutsche Zeitung, 13 February 2006.
  11. ^ a b c Legendary Playboy Gunter Sachs is Dead Archived 9 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (German) Der Spiegel, 8 May 2011.
  12. ^ Aschwanden, Erich (19 January 2022). "Behind the doors of Switzerland's most elite boarding school". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d Bruno Waterfield (8 May 2011). "Gunter Sachs, former husband of Brigitte Bardot, shoots himself in Swiss chalet". Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  14. ^ "Playboy auf Lebenszeit". www.merkur.de (in German). 13 November 2002. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Rolf Sachs Can't Live Without Them". airmail.news. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Der Bund 26. November 1969 — e-newspaperarchives.ch". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  17. ^ "People: Nov. 14, 1969". Time. 14 November 1969. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008.
  18. ^ Belgian news report Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "German news report". FOCUS Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  20. ^ "German photographer and 'playboy' Gunter Sachs commits suicide". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  21. ^ "Brigitte Bardot's ex commits suicide". Toronto Sun. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  22. ^ Mark Brown (7 May 2011), The Gunter Sachs appeal – life and legacy of the playboy art collector Archived 19 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian.
  23. ^ James Tarmy (October 10, 2014), Warhol’s Screen Sirens, Socialites May Fetch $57 Million Archived 15 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine [Bloomberg]
  24. ^ Dennis Heves (9 May 2011), Gunter Sachs, Ex-Husband of Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 78 Archived 15 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine New York Times.
  25. ^ Koruhn, Petra (8 May 2011). "Gunter Sachs - Freitod wegen Alzheimer". www.derwesten.de (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  26. ^ Basler, Herbert (1998). ""Die Akte Astrologie" von Gunter Sachs aus Sicht der Mathematischen Statistik". Skeptiker (in German). 11 (3). Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

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