Marjorie Ann Nuhn

Marjorie Ann Nuhn (October 31, 1898–January 1988) was an American painter who focused on watercolor. She was part of the Stone City Art Colony and studied under many teachers, most notably Adrian Dornbush. After the colony, she continued to travel around North America looking for inspiration for her work. She came back to Cedar Falls when she retired, then died in January 1988.

Life Nuhn was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa and raised by her parents, William and Anna Nuhn. She also had two younger siblings. Her brother Ferner was born in 1903 and her sister Hilda was born in 1906. She grew up in Cedar Falls, attending elementary school through high school there her entire life. She even stayed in town for college, graduating in 1926 from the University of Northern Iowa with a certificate to teach kindergarten.

After receiving encouragement from her instructors, Nuhn decided to forgo teaching to pursue her career as an artist. While she was there, artists like Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry were instructors. Adrian Dornbush, her faculty mentor at the colony, was the one most involved with her learning.

Principle exhibitions 1938 - The Artists Union, Chicago 1940 - The Santa Fe Art Museum 1940 - The Taos Art Gallery 1941 - The Alma Reed Gallery, NYC 1943 – 1953 - The Des Moines Art Center 1952 - Terry Art Institution, Indianapolis 1975 - The Maucker Union, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 1985 - The Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls