Friedrich Christian Flick
Friedrich Christian Flick ( born September 19, 1944 in Sulzbach -Rosenberg, Bavaria) is a German lawyer, entrepreneur and art collector.
Life
Friedrich Christian " Mick " Flick was born the son of Otto -Ernst Flick and his wife Barbara. His grandfather was the company founder Friedrich Flick. After attending elementary school in Starnberg, the family moved to Dusseldorf, where Friedrich Christian Flick 1964 the Comenius -Gymnasium finished high school. At this time he first came into contact with contemporary art, which was represented outstanding in Dusseldorf with Richter, Polke, Liipertz or Uecker.
Although it already then fascinated by the art scene, he devoted himself first to a commercial career, volunteered in the United States at various banks and eventually worked - after studying law in Munich and doctorate in law. in Hamburg - for incandescent lamps Osram Group. 1972 Flick became a partner in the limited partnership Friedrich Flick, where he took over the job of a manager. In 1975 he separated from his involvement and moved to stay in the U.S. and England finally to Switzerland, where he has since been working as a businessman and art collector.
His collection of modern art is one of the most outstanding contemporary collections in the world. It includes some 2,500 works by 150 artists of the 20th/21st. Century and for a total of seven years in the Hamburger Bahnhof since 2004 - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin to see. Centerpiece of the collection is an extensive plant block of Bruce Nauman, more heavy points represent the minimalism and video art represents the exhibition is controversial because the funds from which the works of art were purchased, were generated by forced laborers in munitions factories during the period of National Socialism. In April 2005, Friedrich Christian Flick paid only after massive criticism five million euros, 1 % of its estimated former private wealth, to the remuneration fund the Foundation " Remembrance, Responsibility and Future".
In February 2008, Flick donated 166 works of contemporary art (part of his collection, among other works by Nam June Paik, John Cage, Dan Graham, Genzken, David Weiss, Stan Douglas, Andreas Hofer, Bruce Nauman and Candida Höfer ) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as support for the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart.
Marriages
His first marriage with the Spanish top model Andrea de Portago was short-lived. For headlines in the gossip columns made 1985 his marriage to Countess Maya von Schon -Glauchau, the older sister of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. The marriage fell after eight years in the fractures. The three children stayed with their mother, who received a multimillion-dollar settlement.