This romantical painting with a waterfall of the Slowenian river Wacheinersave and  in the foreground of the Slovenian Triglav mountain range  was executed executed by listed Austrian painter Josef Mahorcig ( Trieste 1843 - Graz 1923).

Triglav (the highest mount of Slovenia) and the Wcheinersava River (in Slovenian Bohinjka)  are two of the most famous geographical highlights in northwestern Slovenia, closely linked in the Triglav National Park. 

Mahorcig received his first lessons in drawing and watercolor painting as a pupil from his stepfather, the miniaturist Johann Coppel. He then studied for two years at the Academy in Venice, but in 1866 political unrest forced him to leave Venice. He participated in the military campaign and then continued his studies in Vienna under Anton Zimmermann at the Academy of St. Anna. At the end of the 1860s, he worked, primarily as a restorer, on behalf of Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian (see entry). M.'s preferred subjects during this time were landscapes with bodies of water. Study trips took him to Italy, South Tyrol, Carniola, Dalmatia, Hungary, and Silesia. In 1879, he moved to Graz, where he mainly painted mountain landscapes. M. was a co-founder of the Styrian Association of Visual Artists.

Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig; Porf.H.Fuchs "Lexikon von österreichischen maler des 19. Jahrhunderts".

Inscription: signed J.Mahorcig, Graz, lower right, on the back of the stretcher signed again and titled 

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed 30 3/4" x 39 3/8"  (78 x 100 cm); framed 35 1/2" x 44 1/8" (90 x 112 cm)

Condition: in good condition.