Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, founded by Louis Carré in 1938, is known for featuring some of the most respected names in modern and contemporary art, including Picasso, Matisse, Calder, and Klee, along with Bazaine, Lapicque, Estève and Villon. In 1978, Patrick Bongers, grandson of Carré, assumed operation of the gallery, and it was under his leadership in 1987 that the gallery moved to a more contemporary focus. Personal and professional correspondence and exhibition catalogues for Galerie Louis Carré & Cie are housed at the Archives Nationale in Paris.