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Which of these artists' father was a Civil War general?
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West Virginia State University's art gallery is named for this person.
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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 these is based on stitching fabric?
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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 Huntington expressionist abstract painter was the subject of the first retrospective of a West Virginia artist's work ever exhibited at the Culture Center in Charleston.
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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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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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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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Patty Willis was a well-known artist from this county.
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