Friedrich Christian Flick (born 19 September 1944), also known as Mick Flick, is a German

art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...

Life

Trained as a

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

, he is one of the heirs to the

Flick family The Flick family is a wealthy German family with an industrial empire that formerly embraced holdings in companies involved in coal, steel and a minority holding in Daimler AG. Friedrich Flick (1883–1972) was the founder of the dynasty, establis ...

industrial fortune, and the founder of the

Friedrich Christian Flick Collection The Friedrich Christian Flick Collection is a modern art collection founded by Friedrich Christian Flick, an art collector and heir to the fortune of the ignoble Flick industrial family. It is one of the world's leading modern art collections. C ...

. Flick is the son of Otto-Ernst Flick and grandson of the Nazi sympathiser and supporter

Friedrich Flick Friedrich Flick (10 July 1883 – 20 July 1972) was a German industrialist and convicted Nazi war criminal. After the Second World War, he reconstituted his businesses, becoming the richest person in West Germany, and one of the richest people i ...

, the founder of the Flick family industrial conglomerate—who was later convicted of crimes against humanity at the

Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies of World War II, Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945 ...

, specifically the Flick Trial.Isabelle Graw
(De)facing the Flick Collection

Texte zur Kunst ''Texte zur Kunst'' is a German contemporary art magazine. History ''Texte zur Kunst'' was founded in 1990 in Cologne by art historian Stefan Germer and art critic Isabelle Graw. It has been published in Berlin since 2000. Since the death of ...

, June 2005. After studying law in Munich, he obtained a doctorate in law in Hamburg. Since the 1970s, he has lived in

Gstaad Gstaad ( ; ) is a town in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a major ski resort and a popular destination amongst high society and the internatio ...

, Switzerland. Flick was first married to the Spanish model Andrea de Portago. In 1985, he married

Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau Countess Maria Felicitas von Schönburg-Glauchau (german: Maria Felicitas Alexandra Albertina Assunta Anna Fernanda Beatrix Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau; 15 August 1958 – 27 January 2019), also known as Maya von Schönburg, was a German socia ...

, a daughter of

Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (German: ''Joachim Heinrich Maria Carl Rudolf Franz Xaver Joseph Antonius Christophorus Hubertus Alfons Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau''; 4 February 1929 – 29 September 1998) was the nominal successor head ...

and Countess Beatrix Széchényi, and the older sister of

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Gloria of Thurn and Taxis (''Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta''; born Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau, 23 February 1960) is a German socialite, businesswoman, Catholic activist, and artist. Through her marria ...

. They have three children, but were divorced in 1993.

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