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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 these artists' father was a Civil War general?
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Parkersburg's A. P. Donaghho was known for what types of products?
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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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Which one of the following was NOT a leading painter in the Upper Ohio Valley in the 1800s?
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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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What year was the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair held at Cedar Lakes?
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The Madonna of the Trail statue in this West Virginia city is one of 12 identical statues across the country honoring America’s pioneering women
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