Gyula Bajó

Gyula Bajó (1907–1984) was a Hungarian artist of ceramics and glass. He emigrated to Britain after the Second World War and found employment as a labourer at a Staffordshire pottery firm. He designed tableware in his spare time before leaving in 1953 to join the architect's office of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. He designed glass and ceramic murals for their stores and offices across the country as well as mosaics and stained glass for the Debre Libanos monastery in Ethiopia.

Biography Bajó was born in Hungary, which was then part of Austria-Hungary, in 1907. He first exhibited his work in Budapest in 1932 and became a Doctor of Arts in 1942. Bajó sought refuge in England after the Second World War and, with fellow emigrant Endre Hevezi, in 1948 found work as a labourer at the Staffordshire pottery company of Booths and Colcloughs. The pair worked together, in their spare time, on the design of Bajó Ware, a modern style of tableware inspired by themes from history. Bajó specialised in ceramic art and produced a series of tiled murals for the Co-op. Both of the surviving Bajó murals have been granted statutory protection as grade II listed buildings. Bajó died in 1984.