Max Mayrshofer was born in 1875 in Munich. He became a painter, draftsman, illustrator and cartoonist and graphic artist. In 1890 Mayrshofer was a student of the Munich School of Applied Arts with Eduard Sack, and then he studied at 1897 at the Munich Academy under Otto Seitz and Carl von Marr, as well as the private school of Anton. Max Mayrshofer worked as an illustrator and editorial board member for the Munich magazine "youth", "True Jacob".

Max Mayrshofer was born in 1875 in Munich, Germany, and became one of the notable draughtsmen, portrait painters, and lithographers associated with the Munich Impressionist and Jugendstil circles. Mayrshofer trained at the Kunstgewerbeschule beginning in 1890 and later studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste under Otto Seitz and Karl von Marr, as well as at the private school of Anton Ažbe. His early work as an illustrator for Die Jugend, Simplicissimus, and Hyperion placed him among the artists who helped define the visual language of Munich Jugendstil.

Mayrshofer developed a reputation for expressive drawings, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes, marked by a lively, gestural line and a strong sensitivity to atmosphere. His 1908 series of drawings made in a psychiatric clinic, later exhibited at Galerie Miethke in Vienna, were noted for their psychological intensity and contributed to his recognition within the broader European art scene.

In 1919, Max Mayrshofer began teaching the evening life-drawing class at the Munich Academy, and in 1925 he was appointed professor. During the National Socialist campaign against so-called “degenerate art,” at least one of his works was confiscated and destroyed, yet his paintings and graphic works remained represented in numerous German and European museum collections.

Max Mayrshofer lived and worked in Munich throughout his life and died there in 1950.