Renata Piątkowska
Dr. Renata Piątkowska is an art historian who works on Jewish art and culture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is the author of several articles and publications, including the book Between Ziemiańska and Montparnasse: Roman Kramszyk (Warsaw, 2004). At the Museum of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw she has curated the exhibitions: Maurycy Trębacz 1861-1941 (1993); Artur Markowicz 1872-1934: A Retrospective (1995); Roman Kramsztyk (1885-1942) (1997); Friends: Simon Mondzain, Jan Hrynkowski, Władysław Zawadowski (1999), and Our Older Brothers: Painting, Drawings and Graphic Art from the Collections of the Jewish Historical Institute (2001). Since 1999 she has worked at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN in Warsaw, where she is currently Chief Curator of Collections.