Born in 1907 in Granville, where he died in 1992, bookseller Richard Anacréon donated 280 works of art and 550 books to his hometown in the 1980s, presented in the museum that bears his name since 1985. They constitute an unparalleled ensemble, reflecting the art and literature of the first half of the twentieth century.
Around two themes representative of the collections: portraits and landscapes, paintings and drawings dialogue with a selection of works, manuscripts and correspondence, renewed in February 2022.
Collections of works by artists such as André Lhôte, Louis Marcoussis, Raoul Dufy, Kees Van Dongen and Maurice de Vlaminck, from the Musée national d'art moderne-Centre Pompidou, complete the collection bequeathed by Richard Anacréon.