Andrzej Heidrich

Andrzej Heidrich

Born in 1926 in Warsaw, died in 2019 there. He studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Faculty of Graphic), graduated from the workshop of prof. Jan Marcin Szancer. He was a graphic artist, author of various designs for the stamps and banknotes: the series "Great Poles" (1974-1993, in circulation 1975-1996) and "Kings and Queens of Poland" (1994, in circulation from 1995). Illustrated i. a.: Kto się śmieje (Who laughs), Maria Czerkawska, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1959. Dlaczego koza Lin-Tong skakała? (Why the Lin-Tong goat was jumping?), Leonard Życki, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1964. Deszczowa muzyka (Rainy music), Joanna Kulmowa, Biuro Wydawnicze „Ruch”,Warszawa 1965. Najlepszy samochód (The best car), Igor Sikirycki, Biuro Wydawnicze „Ruch”, Warszawa 1968. Chłopcy z Montelbaan (The boys from Montelbaan), Jo Elsendoorn, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1970. Młynek do kawy (Coffee mill), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1974. Z wierszy ocalałych (From the survived poems), Julian Tuwim, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1989. Codex Aureaus Gnesnensis. Arkady, Warszawa 1990. Sarna albo rozmowa szatana z chłopcem, aniołem i Lucyferem (Deer or a talk with a boy, angel and Lucypherus), Julian Stryjkowski, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1992. Awards: 1971 - Award in the international typographic contest, Drezden 1974 - Gold Cross of Merit 1977 - Honour Prize of the Publishing Houses Chief Graphic Designers 1979 - PTWK Prize for the overall of the achievements in the field of book design 2006 - Gold Medal „Meritorious for the culture Gloria Artis”