Bryan Organ became particularly well known for his portraits of prominent figures, including jockeys Willie Carson and Lester Piggott, the composer Sir Michael Tippett, writer and broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge, Diana, Princess of Wales, Princess Margaret, David Attenborough and the Duke of Edinburgh.

He studied at Loughborough College of Art before continuing his education at the Royal Academy Schools. From 1959 to 1965, he taught at Loughborough College and held his first solo exhibition at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery in 1959. In 1967, he began a long association with The Redfern Gallery, where he held the first of several exhibitions.

Organ later exhibited his work internationally, including solo exhibiti...