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Huntington's Chuck Ripper was best known for his paintings of what?
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The Youghiogheny Forest Colony for artists was located in what county?
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This artist was known for his sketches of the Civil War.
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This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.
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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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Thaddeus Fowler was known for drawing what?
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Gutzon Borglum, who designed the statue of Collis P. Huntington in Huntington, is best known for designing what landmark?
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West Virginia's oldest known statue, located in Morgantown, depicts which U.S. founder?
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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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