 In 1895 he was among the founders of the arts and literary periodical "Pan", but he left the magazine after a year and founded the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) magazine "Dekorative Kunst" in 1897 and soon thereafter opened La Maison Moderne in Paris, a gallery that showcased Art Nouveau works.The gallery closed in 1903.The centennial exhibition of German art in the National Gallery in Berlin in 1906 featured Meier-Graefe's presentation of previously little-known works, and through his efforts, the art of Caspar David Friedrich was first introduced to a wider audience.