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Art and Artists

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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.
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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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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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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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In 1852, a group of artists documented scenic sites in what would become West Virginia while riding on this railroad.
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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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Patty Willis was a well-known artist from this county.
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