Árpád Basch (April 16, 1873,

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- 1944, Budapest) was a Hungarian

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and graphic artist. Initially intending to follow an

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career, Basch attended training at the Department of

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at the ''Staatliche Mittelschule'' (government school) for one year, after which he decided to become an artist. He trained under

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, Bihari and Karlovsky in Budapest and

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, Dousset, and Jean Paul Laurens in

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. He returned once more to Budapest, where he became the art editor of the ''Magyar Genius'' (a Hungarian publication). He painted several commissions for the ''Millennia Exposition'', and devoted considerable attention to poster painting. He was a collaborator on "''The Poster''" and on "''

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''", but his principal occupation was water-color decorative painting.

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*Ferencz Herceg: Szelek szárnyán 1905

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