![]() His design for the Alien was inspired by his painting Necronom IV and earned him an Oscar in 1980. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for their design work on the film Alien. Giger's style and thematic execution were influential. Kunz, co-owner of Switzerland's first poster publishing company, printed and distributed Giger's first posters, beginning in 1969. He moved to Zürich in 1962, where he studied architecture and industrial design at the School of Applied Arts until 1970. His father, a pharmacist, viewed art as a "breadless profession" and strongly encouraged him to enter pharmacy. Giger was born in 1940 in Chur, the capital city of Graubünden, the largest and easternmost Swiss canton. His style has been adapted to many forms of media, including album covers, furniture, tattoos and video games. ![]() His work is on permanent display at the H.R. ![]() ![]() He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for the visual design of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien, and was responsible for creating the titular Alien itself. Giger later abandoned airbrush for pastels, markers and ink. Hans Ruedi Giger ( / ˈ ɡ iː ɡ ər/ GHEE-gər German: 5 February 1940 – ) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as " biomechanical". ![]()
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