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.

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.

Swiss artist H.R. Giger (b. 1940), who designed the titular monster in Ridley Scott’s Alien, died Monday at age 74. Born in 1940 in Chur, Switzerland, “H.R. Giger grew up in very dark rooms ...

In fact, producer Walter Hill famously remarked that Alien would “succeed or fail ... Scott turned to a different artist named H.R. Giger. Born in Switzerland, Giger was known for his paintings ...

Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the artist whose paintings led to him being engaged by director Ridley Scott to design the xenomorph ...

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.

His designs were exhibited more frequently in “Alien” theme bars, short-lived Giger museums and at tattoo conventions than in established art galleries. In 1998, he acquired the Chateau St ...

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.

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 ...