Jürg Im Obersteg

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Jürg im Obersteg-Lerch (1914–1983) pathologist, professor forensic doctor at the forensic medicine institute in Basel, art collector, family grave at the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Family grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Jürg Im Obersteg-Lerch (1914–1983) pathologist, professor forensic doctor at the Forensic Medicine Institute in Basel, art collector, family grave at the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

Jürg Im Obersteg (born October 16, 1914 in Basel ; † June 2, 1983 there ) was a Swiss forensic doctor . His grandfather was Karl Johann in Obersteg . Like his father Karl Im Obersteg, he was an important art collector.

He studied medicine and became a specialist in forensic medicine doctorate . From 1960 to 1969 he was a professor and headed the forensic medicine institute at the University of Basel . In Obersteg was Salomon Schönberg's successor at the Institute for Forensic Medicine of the Canton of Basel-Stadt , and remained in office until 1969, when Max Lüdin was his successor .

After the death of his father in 1969, he gave up his position as professor and as a forensic doctor and devoted himself to the inherited art collection and the shipping company. In 1979 Jürg Im Obersteg fell seriously ill and died in 1983.

The Im Obersteg art collection was transferred to a foundation in 1992 by his widow, Doris Im Obersteg-Lech (1931–2015), and deposited in the Kunstmuseum Basel , where 40 major works are exhibited all year round.

literature

  • Michael Baumgartner, Hans Christoph von Tavel, Foundation “Collection Karl and Jürg Im Obersteg” (eds.): The collection of Karl and Jürg Im Obersteg. Benteli, Oberhofen am Thunersee / Wabern-Bern 1995, ISBN 3-7165-0968-X .
  • Henriette Mentha, Im Obersteg Foundation (editor): The Im Obersteg Collection in the Basel Art Museum. Schwabe, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-7965-2063-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen im Obersteg , Im Obersteg Collection
  2. ↑ From forensic medical service to the institute for forensic medicine. (No longer available online.) Institute for Forensic Medicine of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, archived from the original on July 27, 2010 ; Retrieved November 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.irm-bs.ch
  3. ↑ Dominique Spirgi: Doris Im Obersteg is dead. Obituary in: TagesWoche from November 17, 2015.
  4. ^ The Im Obersteg Foundation, Im Obersteg Collection
personal data
SURNAME Im Obersteg, Juerg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss coroner and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH June 2nd 1983
Place of death Basel