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. 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. In 1929, she enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. It was here that she learned about the various media that she used for the rest of her career. She continued her studies at the Chicago Art Institute. There she learned a lot about watercolor painting but she really grew in this medium when she went to the Stone City Art Colony. Nuhn attended the colony from 1932 to 1933. 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. Out of all the instructors there, he was able to really identify Nuhn's strengths and help develop them while she was there. Once she left the colony, she returned home to continue developing her artwork on her own. Her style was very abstract with its use of watercolor to morph and blend color to create an image. While it was representational, houses and trees are clearly what they are, it wasn't realistic by any means. She found success at home with small exhibitions, but she felt like she needed a change. Most of her work at the time focused on her home state of Iowa. While this wasn't shameful to her, she wanted to broaden her scope and paint other scenes from around the country. Her interest in Native American culture and themes brought her to many places in the US. These locations include Vermont, California, New Mexico, and Arizona. While she lived in New Mexico, she attended some classes at the Arsuna School of Fine Arts.