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Harry Oliver

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American art director (1888-1973)

United StatesArtistsLived 1888 to 1973 · aged 85
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Harry Oliver was an American humorist, artist, and Academy Award nominated art director of films from the 1920s and 1930s.

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Oliver's Spadena House, also known as The Witch's House (1921).Oliver's Spadena House, also known as The Witch's House (1921).Desert rat; a 1949 publicationDesert rat; a 1949 publication

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About this person

Harry Oliver was an American humorist, artist, and Academy Award nominated art director of films from the 1920s and 1930s. Besides his outstanding work in Hollywood, he is now best remembered for his humorous writings about the American Southwest, and his publication (1946-1964) of the Desert Rat Scrap Book, an irregular broadsheet devoted to the Southwest. He was born in Hastings, Minnesota and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1888 to 1973 · aged 85
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