Stephen K. Scher

{{Short description|American art historian}}

Stephen K. Scher is an American art historian and the former chairman of the art department, Brown University. He is a leading collector of portrait medals and in 2016 announced the gift of his collection to the Frick Collection.{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-research/curatorial-studies/the-certain-eye |title=The Certain Eye | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |publisher=Metmuseum.org |date= |accessdate=2017-07-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/pdf/press/ScherMedalsGiftReleaseApril2016.pdf |title=FRICK TO RECEIVE THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT MEDALS |website=Frick.org |accessdate=2017-07-07}}{{cite web|author=Aimee Ng, Associate Curator |url=http://www.frick.org/blogs/curatorial/portrait_medals_scher_collection |title=Portrait Medals from the Scher Collection Come to the Frick | The Frick Collection |publisher=Frick.org |date= |accessdate=2017-07-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.frick.org/tags/general/stephen_k_scher |title=Stephen K. Scher | The Frick Collection |publisher=Frick.org |date= |accessdate=2017-07-02}}{{cite web|url=http://interactive.britishart.yale.edu/critique-of-reason/528/commentary-by-stephen-scher |title=Commentary by Stephen Scher | Yale Center For British Art |publisher=Interactive.britishart.yale.edu |date= |accessdate=2017-07-02}} Awarded British Art Medal Society President's medal in 2018