10 Facts About Brian Hargreaves

Brian Hargreaves FRSA, FRES was an English artist and scientific illustrator, known for his depictions of Lepidoptera.

Brian Hargreaves became the first artist to illustrate every one of the butterflies of Britain and Europe, doing so in the book Butterflies of Britain and Europe, which was eventually published in nine languages, and in the United States.

Brian Hargreaves illustrated Butterflies on My Mind for the actress Dulcie Gray, who was vice president of the British Butterfly Conservation Society.

The book, which was designed by Joyce Brian Hargreaves, won the Times Educational Supplement Senior Information Book Award.

Brian Hargreaves designed several series of porcelain ornaments, modelled on butterflies, for Franklin Mint.

Brian Hargreaves enjoyed fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Entomological Society, and the Free Painters and Sculptors, as well as membership of the Guild of Lettering Craftsmen.

Brian Hargreaves died on 30 September 2011, following a heart attack.

Brian Hargreaves's works have been used on the postage stamps of Cocos Islands, Gabon, Norfolk Island, and Togo.

Brian Hargreaves supplied work to Royal Mail for a set of United Kingdom postage stamps, depicting two-spot ladybirds, but these were not used.

Brian Hargreaves's painting Butterfly: Large Blue is in the Royal Collection.