Stuart Sutcliffe Girlfriend
Kirchherr began a relationship with the bands bassist stuart sutcliffe and most famously the band adopted the same appearance as their new friends abandoning their leathers and quiffs in favour.
Stuart sutcliffe girlfriend. That was what made paul upset with stuart. Kirchherr met artist stuart sutcliffe in the kaiserkeller bar in hamburg in 1960 where sutcliffe was playing bass with the beatles and was later engaged to him before his death in 1962. He wasnt serious enough about the band and he wouldnt practice. Astrid kirchherr stuarts girlfriend explained that what upset most paul about stuart was his carelessness about the band.
Although kirchherr shot very few. In july 1961 sutcliffe decided to leave the group to continue painting. Astrid kirchherr and ringo starr. The beatles lost member stuart sutcliffes romance that made john lennon jealous long before yoko ono made her brooding presence felt in the fab fours studio another woman might have been.
Sutcliffe later borrowed money from his girlfriend astrid kirchherr in order to fly back to liverpool on friday 20 january 1961 although he returned to hamburg in march 1961 with the other beatles. The beatles moptop hairstyle remains for many their most recognisable feature as a band but it might surprise some to hear that it wasnt john paul george or ringo who first came up with the style but instead the girlfriend of their ill fated fifth member stuart sutcliffe the german photographer astrid kirchherr. Stuart sutcliffe was engaged to astrid kirchherr 1960 1962. Astrid kirchherr was a german photographer and artist known for her association with the beatles and her photographs of the bands original members john lennon paul mccartney george harrison stuart sutcliffe and pete best during their early days in hamburg.
Max scheler k k redferns via getty images.