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Diana Buitron-Oliver (17 April 1946 – 29 April 2002) was an American classical archaeologist.
Life
She began her studies at Smith College and studied under German-American art historian Dietrich von Bothmer in the Institutue of Fine Arts at New York University, finishing her doctoral thesis in 1976 on the Greek vase painting of the painter Douris (c. 500-460 BC).
From 1977-84 she was worked with Dorothy Kent Hill, curator at the Antiquities Department of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Later she worked with two exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., "The Human Figure in Early Greek Art" (1987-88) and "The Greek Miracle. Classical Sculpture From the Dawn of Democracy, the Fifth Century, BC " (1992-1993). In 1992 she curated the exhibition "The Odyssey and Ancient Art" at Bard College together with Beth Cohen. From 1988 she taught Greek art at Georgetown University.
Her research focused on Greek vase painting and the archeology of Cyprus. From 1978 to 1982 she led excavations in the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates in Kourion in Cyprus. She was married to Andrew Oliver.