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

Life

Trained as a

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, 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. Flick is the son of Otto-Ernst Flick and grandson of the Nazi sympathiser and supporter Friedrich Flick, the founder of the Flick family industrial conglomerate—who was later convicted of crimes against humanity at the

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(De)facing the Flick Collection
Texte zur Kunst, 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 language, 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 ...

, Switzerland. Flick was first married to the Spanish model Andrea de Portago. In 1985, he married Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, a daughter of Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau and Countess Beatrix Széchényi, and the older sister of

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Gloria, Dowager Princess 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, art collec ...

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

References

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