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Portrait of the Basel Ophthalmologist Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schiess
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus (1833–1914), founder of the ophthalmological clinic in Basel, was the donor of the "Schiess Fund" in 1911 for works by Basel artists under 35 years of age and a member of the Art Commission from 1888 to 1906. The artist Traugott Schiess (1834–1869) was his brother, the painter Ernesto Schiess (1872–1919) his son, and the painter Hans Rudolf Schiess (1904–1978) his grandson. See inventory card, annual report 1914, p.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionCredit lineBildnis des Basler Ophtalmologen Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schiess. 1912. Otto Roos (1887–1945). Kunstmuseum Basel, Geschenk von Rosy Schiess. Public domain.
