max mayrshofer (1875 - 1950)
Max Mayrshofer was a painter and graphic artist from Munich. From 1908 he studied at the Munich Academy and at the private school of Anton Ažbe. He was soon accepted as a graphic artist in the editorial offices of Jugend, Simplicissimus and Hyperion. From 1919 he continuously directed the evening act at the Academy. In 1925 he was appointed professor. Mayrshofer mainly painted still lifes, landscapes and portraits. His drawings of grimacing, violently gesticulating people, made during a visit to an insane asylum, were exhibited in 1908 in the Miethke Gallery in Vienna.
Max Mayrshofer was a painter and graphic artist from Munich. From 1908 he studied at the Munich Academy and at the private school of Anton Ažbe. He was soon accepted as a graphic artist in the editorial offices of Jugend, Simplicissimus and Hyperion. From 1919 he continuously directed the evening act at the Academy. In 1925 he was appointed professor. Mayrshofer mainly painted still lifes, landscapes and portraits. His drawings of grimacing, violently gesticulating people, made during a visit to an insane asylum, were exhibited in 1908 in the Miethke Gallery in Vienna.
