Jason Mientkiewicz ’25 PhD, who earned his degree from the Department of the History of Art, discusses prints with Leslie Cozzi, curator and head of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, where Mientkiewicz served as the 2024–25 Carlson-Cowart Fellow.
The second image in the slideshow depicts Polish artist Janina Konarska’s 1931 color woodcut “Tennis.” The work is one of a series of sports-related prints she made, another of which—featuring skiers—won the silver medal for graphic arts in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles (art competitions were part of the Games from 1912 to 1948).
The other print is an impression of one of the woodblocks that Polish artist Wanda Telakowska used to create her 1932 color woodcut “Sport and Nature,” which competed in the 1936 Olympics.
Mientkiewicz, who studies the relationship between Suprematist abstract art and theories of social collectivity around the time of the Russian Revolution, spent his fellowship supporting visiting scholars and researching and cataloging works from Eastern and Central Europe, reattributing some items in the collection where information had been missing.
It’s really valuable how the fellowship gives you access to a wide range of material you might not otherwise encounter.”
Jason Mientkiewicz
