Gyula Basch (April 9, 1851[1] - January 2, 1928[2]), was a Hungarian painter.

Self-portrait from 1921

Basch was born in Budapest. After completing his studies at the gymnasium, he attended the polytechnicinstitute at Zurich (1867–72), where he obtained his diploma as engineer. He devoted himself, however, exclusively to painting, and became first a dayscholar at the École des Beaux-Arts at Paris (1873–74), and afterward a pupil of T. Paczka (1885) and of the painter L. Horovitz in Budapest (1888), finally occupying himself with genre and portrait painting. He died in Baden bei Wien.

Works edit

His principal works are:

Among his portraits are those of the cellist David Popper, and the Hungarian statesman Dr. Max Falk (Miksa Falk).

References edit

  1. ^ Hungarian Jewish Lexikon
  2. ^ "Basch, Gyula". Artists of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2020.