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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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What Berkeley County native organized exhibits and painted backdrops for the American Museum of Natural History's African Hall?
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A street on Charleston's West Side is named for this artist.
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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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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 Parkersburg native was known for his paintings of golf courses and wildlife and established the first West Virginia chapters of Ducks Unlimited, National Ruffed Grouse Society, and Quail Unlimited.
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During the Civil War, this 12-year-old future artist guided U.S. troops to an important river landing in Parkersburg.
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This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.
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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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