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In what city was Thomas Anshutz's painting The Ironworkers' Noontime set?
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Appalachian Craftsmen was started as part of this program.
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What 19th-century Martinsburg-based artist sketched scenes of John Brown's hanging and the Civil War?
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Kanawha County native Herman Hayes was best known for his work in this field.
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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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In 1997, this artist became the first West Virginia woman ever to receive a federal commission for art, for two paintings at the IRS National Computing Center in Martinsburg.
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This Charleston-based artist helped outfit the state Centennial showboat Rhododendron and curate the 1968 Appalachian Corridors exhibition.
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This artist designed the West Virginia Veterans' Memorial and Military Women's Memorial at the State Capitol.
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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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Rufus "Red" Ribble was best known for his photographs of what?
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