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This Monongalia County native was one of the 20th century's leading abstract painters and printmakers.
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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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This Pendleton County native achieved regional notoriety late in life for his folk art.
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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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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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This Charleston-based artist helped outfit the state Centennial showboat Rhododendron and curate the 1968 Appalachian Corridors exhibition.
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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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Warps and wefts are associated with what art form?
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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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