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This Clarksburg native designed the central element of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Artist Gladys Tuke was most closely associated with which one of these?
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This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.
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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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Kanawha County native Herman Hayes 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 Huntington expressionist abstract painter was the subject of the first retrospective of a West Virginia artist's work ever exhibited at the Culture Center in Charleston.
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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 Sutton-based artist designed the statue of Robert C. Byrd in the West Virginia State Capitol and a bronze memorial to Hawks Nest Tunnel victims at Tamarack in Beckley.
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Patty Willis was a well-known artist from this county.
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