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...According to Sandra Grindlay, curator of the Harvard University Portrait Collection, the University’s extensive collection contains more than 1,200 works, with even more portraits of subjects lacking a direct connection to Harvard in the general museum holdings. “It’s Harvard’s original collection,” Grindlay says. “The first portrait was acquired...
...Over the past few years, there has been a concerted effort to bring more diversity to Harvard’s portrait collection...
...then-President Lawrence H. Summers established the Minority Portrait Project, endowed with $100,000 and the mission to reflect Harvard’s diversity in the works that hang on its walls...
...most visible of these recently commissioned works is the gentle portrait of senior admissions officer David L. Evans, which hangs in the entrance hall of Lamont Library. The portrait was painted by Stephen E. Coit ’71 and unveiled in 2005. “I tried to portray Evans in a role that is characteristic of his role at Harvard. He engages with a great many people and is a great listener,” Coit says. “So I painted him listening...
...Coit has been producing portraits for the Minority Portrait Project since 2004, and looks to complete another 25 before he’s done. Coit, who studied math and computer science at Harvard, initially intended to pursue a career in tech-based venture capital but gave up halfway through the Internet bubble to become a painter. “I just really wanted to paint,” he says...