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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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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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This Eastern Panhandle landscape artist's work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Museum of American Art.
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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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Thaddeus Fowler was known for drawing what?
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West Virginia's oldest known statue, located in Morgantown, depicts which U.S. founder?
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A statue of which person stands outside the Mingo County Courthouse?
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When this work won the top art prize for the 1963 Centennial, Charleston Mayor John Shanklin called it "atrocious."
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This Summers County potter plays music while he works and says his glaze differs based on the type of music he's playing at the time.
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