Tadeusz Gajl
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Tadeusz Gajl is a Polish
artist, notable for his study on Polish heraldry
. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź in 1966, he worked as a design specialist in a fabric factory in Białystok. Between 1975 and the Martial Law
of 1981 he was working as artistic director of the Kontrasty monthly. Since then he devoted himself entirely to art. In 1990 he was also one of the co-founders of Tygodnik Białostocki, a Białystok-based local weekly. He authored the graphical and artistic finish of hundreds of books of various Polish publishing houses.
Since 1983 Gajl is interested in heraldry. For two of his books detailing the coats of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
he prepared more than 4000 illustrations. Because his tremendous work is often used over the internet and many foreign publications, the style of the illustrations he prepared is often referred to as herb gajlowski, or Gajlesque Coat of Arms. Apart from his scientific work on the history and details of the coats of arms, he is also the author of modern emblems adopted by, among others, city of Białystok and Podlaskie Voivodship.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
artist, notable for his study on Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry
Polish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...
. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź in 1966, he worked as a design specialist in a fabric factory in Białystok. Between 1975 and the Martial Law
Martial law in Poland
Martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983, when the authoritarian government of the People's Republic of Poland drastically restricted normal life by introducing martial law in an attempt to crush political opposition to it. Thousands of opposition...
of 1981 he was working as artistic director of the Kontrasty monthly. Since then he devoted himself entirely to art. In 1990 he was also one of the co-founders of Tygodnik Białostocki, a Białystok-based local weekly. He authored the graphical and artistic finish of hundreds of books of various Polish publishing houses.
Since 1983 Gajl is interested in heraldry. For two of his books detailing the coats of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...
he prepared more than 4000 illustrations. Because his tremendous work is often used over the internet and many foreign publications, the style of the illustrations he prepared is often referred to as herb gajlowski, or Gajlesque Coat of Arms. Apart from his scientific work on the history and details of the coats of arms, he is also the author of modern emblems adopted by, among others, city of Białystok and Podlaskie Voivodship.
See also
- Polish heraldryPolish heraldryPolish heraldry is a branch of heraldry focused on studying the development of coats of arms in the lands of historical Poland , as well as specifically-Polish traits of heraldry. The term is also used to refer to Polish heraldic system, as opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe...
- Dynastic Genealogy: http://www.jurzak.pl
- Ornatowski.com: http://www.ornatowski.com/index/herbyszlacheckie_g.htm
- Wyszukiwarka herbów szlachty polskiej: http://gajl.wielcy.pl/