H.R. Giger is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. The Swiss surrealist is the man responsible for pushing the visual language of science fiction forward with his work on the Alien ...

“This is the oldest skull I have,” the Swiss artist H.R. Giger says, showing off this prized possession the breezy way you might a set of Fiestaware. He lifts the skull and regards it. But then his ...

“My intention was to show the way Giger literally lived within his art and made the uncanny, the sinister, and the scary his home.” Secluded behind the drawn shades of his Swiss chateau, sci-fi man-in ...

FILE - In this June 29, 2007 file picture Swiss artist H.R. Giger poses with two of his works at the art museum in Chur, Switzerland. H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi ...

Alien was first released 40 years ago this month. Helen O'Hara explains how the movie's monster became a cinema icon – and brought unexpected fame to the shy Swiss artist who created it In the late ...

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“This is the oldest skull I have,” the Swiss artist H.R. Giger says, showing off this prized possession the breezy way you might a set of Fiestaware. He lifts the skull and regards it. But then his ...

BERLIN (AP) — Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic "Alien," has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall, his museum said Tuesday. Sandra ...

Swiss artist H. R. Giger has died. He was 74. Giger is shown in Switzerland in this file photo. BERLIN — Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic ...