Tadeusz Gajl

Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coats of arms borne by the historical nobility (szlachta) of Poland.

After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź in 1966, he worked as a design specialist for the textile industry in Walim (1965-1966) and in Białystok (1966-1974).

He has also authored the graphical and artistic finish of numerous books of various Polish publishing houses.

[citation needed] For two of his books detailing the coats of arms of the nobility in the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth he prepared more than 4500 illustrations.

He is also the author of modern emblems adopted by, among others, the city of Białystok and Podlaskie Voivodship.

Front page of Herbarz Polski od Średniowiecza do XX wieku (Polish Armorial from the Middle Ages to the 20th century), Gdańsk 2007, by Tadeusz Gajl