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Art and Artists

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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 of the following skills is artist Jude Binder NOT known for?
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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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This Grafton native was one of the most famous photographers of the early 1900s.
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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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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 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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Gutzon Borglum, who designed the statue of Collis P. Huntington in Huntington, is best known for designing what landmark?
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This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.
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