Louis Carré (1897-1977) started and ended his career as a lawyer but was also a noted art historian and gallery owner who exhibited works by Picasso, Léger, Bonnard, Dufy and many other great modern artists.
In 1928 Carré, who had been a lawyer in Rennes, Brittany, published a book on French silversmiths' hallmarks from the 14th to the 19th Century and became an antique dealer before opening galleries in Paris and New York.
The Campredon Art and Culture Center in l'Isle sur la Sorgue, southern France, is paying homage to Louis Carré until June 11th 2000. Still, this man, who enabled Jacques Villon to meet success, was highly suspected of having much developed his activities during the occupation of France by the Germans though it was in his gallery that Picasso exhibited shortly after the liberation of Paris. In fact, thanks to his position as a lawyer, Carré always acted cautiously with the Germans contrary to some other Parisian dealers like Fabiani or Pétridès who faced troubles after the war.
In addition, his close friendship with Picasso and Léger, two active Communist artists, was not well perceived in the U.S but Carré once again managed to keep at bay from his enemies.
This intriguing man however had a sharp eye when it came to discover major artists after the war, such as Bazaine, Lapicque and Estève, whose paintings are notably being shown in the Campredon Centre. He also exhibited Calder's mobiles in 1945 as well as works by Paul Klee.
The Louis Carré gallery is now run by his grandson Patrick Bongers, who instilled new life to it in the 1970's notably showing works by Christian Jacquard, Télémaque, Hervé di Rosa or Pol Bury, whose monumental fountain he exhibited at the Paris FIAC last year.
In fact Patrick Bongers has perpetuated a tradition initiated by his grandfather in the 1950s when the latter produced bronzes sculptures after plasters by Raymond Duchamp Villon, the brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp who died in 1918. Marcel Duchamp helped Louis Carré cast a bronze of his brother called «Cheval Majeur» which was shown in his last exhibition held in June 1966.
Louis Carré (1897-1977) started and ended his career as a lawyer but was also a noted art historian and gallery owner who exhibited works by Picasso, Léger, Bonnard, Dufy and many other great modern artists.
In 1928 Carré, who had been a lawyer in Rennes, Brittany, published a book on French silversmiths' hallmarks from the 14th to the 19th Century and became an antique dealer before opening galleries in Paris and New York.
The Campredon Art and Culture Center in l'Isle sur la Sorgue, southern France, is paying homage to Louis Carré until June 11th 2000. Still, this man, who enabled Jacques Villon to meet success, was highly suspected of having much developed his activities during the occupation of France by the Germans though it was in his gallery that Picasso exhibited shortly after the liberation of Paris. In fact, thanks to his position as a lawyer, Carré always acted cautiously with the Germans contrary to some other Parisian dealers like Fabiani or Pétridès who faced troubles after the war.
In addition, his close friendship with Picasso and Léger, two active Communist artists, was not well perceived in the U.S but Carré once again managed to keep at bay from his enemies.
This intriguing man however had a sharp eye when it came to discover major artists after the war, such as Bazaine, Lapicque and Estève, whose paintings are notably being shown in the Campredon Centre. He also exhibited Calder's mobiles in 1945 as well as works by Paul Klee.
The Louis Carré gallery is now run by his grandson Patrick Bongers, who instilled new life to it in the 1970's notably showing works by Christian Jacquard, Télémaque, Hervé di Rosa or Pol Bury, whose monumental fountain he exhibited at the Paris FIAC last year.
In fact Patrick Bongers has perpetuated a tradition initiated by his grandfather in the 1950s when the latter produced bronzes sculptures after plasters by Raymond Duchamp Villon, the brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp who died in 1918. Marcel Duchamp helped Louis Carré cast a bronze of his brother called «Cheval Majeur» which was shown in his last exhibition held in June 1966.
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