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This Monongalia County native was one of the 20th century's leading abstract painters and printmakers.
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This Grafton native was one of the most famous photographers of the early 1900s.
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This artist was known for his sketches of the Civil War.
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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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A street on Charleston's West Side is named for this artist.
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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 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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This artist designed the West Virginia Veterans' Memorial and Military Women's Memorial at the State Capitol.
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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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What museum hosts the biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition?
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