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Art and Artists

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In what city was Thomas Anshutz's painting The Ironworkers' Noontime set?
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This photographer edited Wonderful West Virginia magazine for many years.
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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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S. L. Jones of Summers County was best known for his work in this field.
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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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In the 1950s, West Virginia's Future Homemakers and Future Farmers clubs raised funds to build the Crafts House at this place.
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What year was the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair held at Cedar Lakes?
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This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.
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Patty Willis was a well-known artist from this county.
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