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Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in
Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius
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, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish
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artist
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and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coats of arms
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borne by the historical nobility
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(''szlachta
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'') of Poland
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.
After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź
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in 1966, he worked as a design specialist for the textile
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industry in Walim (1965-1966) and in Białystok
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(1966-1974). Between 1975 and the martial law in Poland of 1981 he worked as head of graphics for the ''"Kontrasty"'' monthly, editor-in-chief and graphics for the weekly ''"Plus"'' (1989-1990). In 1990 he was also one of the co-founders of ''"Tygodnik Białostocki"'', a Białystok-based local weekly. He has also authored the graphical and artistic finish of numerous books of various Polish publishing houses.
Since 1983 Gajl became interested in Polish heraldry
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. For two of his books detailing the coats of arms of the nobility in the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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he prepared more than 4500 illustrations. Because his illustrative work are not represented true to the original,Gajl uses, for example, in his illustrations the German heraldic form of escutcheon display from 1970, instead of the original Polish heraldic escutcheon form. Source: "Ottfried Neubecker
Ottfried Neubecker (22 March 1908 – 8 July 1992) was a German vexillologist and heraldist.
Early life and education
He was born 22 March 1908 in Kragujevac in Serbia, into the family of a university teacher. From 1925 he studied in Heide ...
: Wappenkunde, Tabelle der Wappenschildformen, S.51, in German (in English: Ottfried Neubecker
Ottfried Neubecker (22 March 1908 – 8 July 1992) was a German vexillologist and heraldist.
Early life and education
He was born 22 March 1908 in Kragujevac in Serbia, into the family of a university teacher. From 1925 he studied in Heide ...
: Heraldry, Table of escutcheon forms, p.51). but often used over the internet and by foreign publications, his coats of arms illustrations are often referred to in Polish by the nomenclature ''herbami gajlowskimi'' (Gajlesque Armorials). He is also the author of modern emblems adopted by, among others, the city of Białystok
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Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
and Podlaskie Voivodship.
See also
*Polish heraldry
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References
External links
* Ornatowski.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20060507135335/http://www.ornatowski.com/index/herbyszlacheckie_g.htm * Wyszukiwarka herbów szlachty polskiej: http://gajl.wielcy.pl/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Gajl, Tadeusz Living people 1940 births Artists from Białystok Polish heraldists Artists from Vilnius Soviet emigrants to Poland