Afrer his interest in metallurgy waned, Basch went on to study art in Budapest, Munich, and Paris. After returning to Hungry in 1896 he eventually became part of the art colony at Szazados. While he painted landscapes his primary career was as a graphic artists producing illustrations for ads, posters, books and magazines. He also designed early Gruss aus view-cards and postcards of women in a more Art Nouveau influenced style. By World War One most of his work revolved around military themes, and he illustrated a large set of monochrome charity cards depicting battle scenes. (http://www.metropostcard.com/artistsb.html)