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Which of these artists' father was a Civil War general?
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West Virginia State University's art gallery is named for this person.
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This Grafton native was one of the most famous photographers of the early 1900s.
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Which one of these is based on stitching fabric?
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Artist Gladys Tuke was most closely associated with which one of these?
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Which one of the following was NOT a leading painter in the Upper Ohio Valley in the 1800s?
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This Cedar Grove native won the Governor's Award at the West Virginia Juried Exhibition three times and the Award of Excellence at Huntington Museum of Art's Exhibition 280.
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In 1852, a group of artists documented scenic sites in what would become West Virginia while riding on this railroad.
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What year was the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair held at Cedar Lakes?
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When this work won the top art prize for the 1963 Centennial, Charleston Mayor John Shanklin called it "atrocious."
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