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Huntington's Chuck Ripper was best known for his paintings of what?
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This Clarksburg native designed the central element of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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What Berkeley County native organized exhibits and painted backdrops for the American Museum of Natural History's African Hall?
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This Morgantown native was a teacher and administrator at Charleston's Mason College of Music & Fine Arts and had her work exhibited at the National Museum of Women and the Arts and the West Virginia State Museum.
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S. L. Jones of Summers County was best known for his work in this field.
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This Pendleton County native achieved regional notoriety late in life for his folk art.
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This Eastern Panhandle landscape artist's work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Museum of American Art.
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This Parkersburg native was known for his paintings of golf courses and wildlife and established the first West Virginia chapters of Ducks Unlimited, National Ruffed Grouse Society, and Quail Unlimited.
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The Madonna of the Trail statue in this West Virginia city is one of 12 identical statues across the country honoring America’s pioneering women
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This prominent photographer was part of the Youghiogheny Forest artists' colony and for his 1957 photo essay "Harpers Ferry Awakens" in National Geographic.
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