Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis (born 4 April 1939, in Baisogala) is a Lithuanian artist, best known as the creator of many coat of arms for cities and towns of Lithuania. For his achievements in Lithuanian art, he was awarded the

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in 1999. Každailis studied graphics at the Vilnius Academy of Art from 1957 to 1962. After graduation, he worked as a teacher at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art from 1965 to 1985. In 1987 he joined the Lithuanian Heraldry Commission. As of 2007, he held 22 personal exhibitions in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. To the wider public he is best known as the creator of the coat of arms of Lithuania,

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(the capital city), and the flag of the

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. Každailis also works as book illustrator. He experimented with numerous techniques, styles, and themes, but his best works are considered to be related with the history of Lithuania. His 54-image cycle for a book by Simanas Daukantas won the Grand Amber Prize of the Baltic Triennial Art Exhibition in 1986. 42 of these images were donated to the

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in 2002. In 2002 he was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for his 65

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s inspired by the ''

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Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis
at Vilnius Graphic Art Centre
Arvydas Každailis
at Lithuanian Culture Institute {{DEFAULTSORT:Kazdailis, Arvydas 1939 births Living people Lithuanian artists Coats of arms designers Flag designers Heraldic artists Recipients of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize People from Radviliškis District Municipality Vilnius Academy of Arts alumni