For the bar in Gruyere, part of the renovated medieval chateau that houses the H.R. Giger Museum, the artist incorporated his own designs of spine-like alien skeletons into the stonework.

It was dreamed up by a then relatively little-known surrealist artist from Switzerland, H. R. Giger, who created what became the on-film xenomorph years earlier, in a 1976 painting titled Necronom IV.

Swiss artist H.R. Giger, seen here at his "Dreams and Visions" exhibition in 2011, died Monday after a fall in Zurich. Giger's work includes designs for the 1979 film Alien. You might not know the ...

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 ...

Artist, surrealist and sculptor H.R. Giger, known for designing the titular creature that first came to life in the 1979 horror film “Alien,” has died at the age of 74, his museum announced ...

You might not know the name, but you probably know the work: H.R. Giger created ... Considered talked to Giger's friend and publisher James Cowan, who said the artist's work was inspired by ...

In 1998, he acquired the Chateau St. Germain in Gruyeres and established the H.R. Giger Museum. Giger was pleased that his idea of machines with human skin became a popular motif in body art.

H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the monster and sets for Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi pic “Alien” died May 12 at age 74. An employee of H.R. Giger Museum has confirmed ...

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.