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Did you know... that Hungarians Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevizi, who went on to design stained glass (example pictured) for the
Debre Libanos monastery, worked as labourers in a British pottery after the Second World War?
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... that Hungarians Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevizi, who went on to design stained glass for the
Debre Libanos monastery (pictured), worked as labourers in a British pottery after the Second World War? Source: "Hungarian-born artist Gyula Bajó (1907-1984) held his first exhibition in Budapest in 1932 and received a doctorate in art in 1942, after which he sought refuge in England. He and fellow Hungarian artist and architect Endre Hevezi (1923-2017) were taken on as labourers for the pottery firm of Booths and Colcloughs in Stoke in 1948." from:
"The history behind two Stevenage public murals - one at Primark - now protected with listed status". The Comet. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023. and "Bajó and Hevezi also collaborated on a glass mosaic mural for the Greek state tourist office on London’s Regent Street, and a series of mosaics and stained glass windows for a monastery at Debre Libanos, Ethiopia, which were exhibited in London’s Festival Hall in April 1965 and a double-page spread in the Illustrated London News." from:
"Mosaic mural at former department store of Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society, Non Civil Parish - 1485316". Historic England. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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Did you know... that Hungarians Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevizi, who went on to design stained glass (example pictured) for the
Debre Libanos monastery, worked as labourers in a British pottery after the Second World War?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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... that Hungarians Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevizi, who went on to design stained glass for the
Debre Libanos monastery (pictured), worked as labourers in a British pottery after the Second World War? Source: "Hungarian-born artist Gyula Bajó (1907-1984) held his first exhibition in Budapest in 1932 and received a doctorate in art in 1942, after which he sought refuge in England. He and fellow Hungarian artist and architect Endre Hevezi (1923-2017) were taken on as labourers for the pottery firm of Booths and Colcloughs in Stoke in 1948." from:
"The history behind two Stevenage public murals - one at Primark - now protected with listed status". The Comet. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023. and "Bajó and Hevezi also collaborated on a glass mosaic mural for the Greek state tourist office on London’s Regent Street, and a series of mosaics and stained glass windows for a monastery at Debre Libanos, Ethiopia, which were exhibited in London’s Festival Hall in April 1965 and a double-page spread in the Illustrated London News." from:
"Mosaic mural at former department store of Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society, Non Civil Parish - 1485316". Historic England. Retrieved 5 September 2023.