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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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West Virginia State University's art gallery is named for this person.
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Fairmont native Fred Torrey designed which one of these statues?
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Appalachian Craftsmen was started as part of this program.
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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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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 Huntington artist designed 80 U.S. postage stamps.
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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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Patty Willis was a well-known artist from this county.
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