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Photographer Walter Aegerter was associated with which town?
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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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Kanawha County native Herman Hayes was best known for his work in this field.
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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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In 1852, a group of artists documented scenic sites in what would become West Virginia while riding on this railroad.
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Thaddeus Fowler was known for drawing what?
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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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Renowned architect Walter Gropius designed additions to this West Virginia museum?
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Patty Willis was a well-known artist from this county.
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