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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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This photographer edited Wonderful West Virginia magazine for many years.
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Which one of the following was NOT a leading painter in the Upper Ohio Valley in the 1800s?
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This Kanawha County native sculpted a bear on the former West Virginia Tech campus at Montgomery, a beaver at Bluefield High School, and a madonna and child in a Kanawha Valley church.
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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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During the Civil War, this 12-year-old future artist guided U.S. troops to an important river landing in Parkersburg.
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George Kossuth was a noted photographer in this city.
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West Virginia's oldest known statue, located in Morgantown, depicts which U.S. founder?
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In what city is the Stifel Fine Arts Center located?
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This prominent photographer was part of the Youghiogheny Forest artists' colony and for his 1957 photo essay "Harpers Ferry Awakens" in National Geographic.
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