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This Monongalia County native was one of the 20th century's leading abstract painters and printmakers.
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Which Martinsburg native made some of the earliest-known sketches of Seneca Rocks and the Canaan Valley?
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Fairmont native Fred Torrey designed which one of these statues?
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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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A street on Charleston's West Side is named for this artist.
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In the 1950s, West Virginia's Future Homemakers and Future Farmers clubs raised funds to build the Crafts House at this place.
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Rufus "Red" Ribble was best known for his photographs of what?
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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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This Summers County potter plays music while he works and says his glaze differs based on the type of music he's playing at the time.
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