His death is generally attributed to appendicitis, which he had left untreated for too long while on vacation. However, his death certificate, as published in the "Wiener Zeitung", gives the cause as paralytic ileus. His family and Moll were present at his death bed. He is buried in the churchyard of Ober Sankt Veit in Hietzing. An auction of his works, arranged by Moll and the art dealer, H. O. Miethke (1834-1911), produced a net profit of 80,000 Gulden. In 1895, the city of Vienna gave him an "Ehrengrab" (Honour Grave) at the Zentralfriedhof, with a tombstone designed by his friend, Edmund Hellmer, who also created a statue for the Stadtpark. In 1894, a street in the Währing District had been named after him. In 1912, Moll, who was now director of the in Vienna, held their first solo exhibition of Schindler's paintings, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death.