Galerie David d'angers (Angers) was opened in 1839, during the life of this famous sculptor. He was born in Angers in 1788, studied painting and sculpture in France and Italy. 28 years old, returning from Rome to Paris, the artist gained fame as a consummate sculptor. Traveling in Europe, the sculptor became famous for the stucco busts of many celebrities of the time. He also was engaged in the manufacture of medallions and bas-relief cast bronze medal with portraits of celebrities of that era – for example, virtuoso Paganini, the writer George sand and poet Beranger. The most famous medallic works d'angers recognized as a bronze image of a young Napoleon and Lord Byron.

David d'angers was captured by Victor Hugo and Goethe, Chateaubriand and Rouge de Lille, Washington, and Humboldt, carved statues of the Prince of Conde and rené of Anjou, the playwright Pierre Corneille and the inventor of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg, and many other figures of politics and art. David d'angers belong to the reliefs of the triumphal gate in Marseille, the sculptures of the pediment of the Pantheon in Paris, the frieze of the theater "Odeon" and other sculptures.

The last four years of his life, the sculptor spent in exile and returned to Paris only in 1856, where he suddenly died and was buried in the cemetery of Pere-La-chaise.

In his hometown gallery of his works about one and a half hundreds of years was located in the building of the Museum of fine arts. In 1984, the gallery moved to All saints Church, built in the XII century and restored. In this Museum you can see works of large format, which are designated a hall of the first floor. Among the busts and sculptures presented image of Balzac, Goethe, and Washington. Also in the gallery collection includes sketches, small sculptural forms and the collection of medals collected by the author.