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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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Huntington's Chuck Ripper was best known for his paintings of what?
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This artist was known for his sketches of the Civil War.
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Appalachian Craftsmen was started as part of this program.
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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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What Berkeley County native organized exhibits and painted backdrops for the American Museum of Natural History's African Hall?
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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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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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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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