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H. R. Giger

1940 - 2014

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Hans Ruedi Giger ( GHEE-gər; German: [ˈɡiːɡər]; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as "biomechanical". Giger later abandoned airbrush for pastels, markers and ink. 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. His work is on permanent display at the H.R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. R. Giger has received more than 3,828,885 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). H. R. Giger is the 216th most popular painter (up from 234th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Painter.

H.R. Giger is most famous for his artwork in the movie Alien.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, H. R. Giger ranks 216 out of 1,421Before him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Pinturicchio, Joaquín Sorolla, Lorenzo di Credi, and Gerard van Honthorst. After him are Joshua Reynolds, Sonia Delaunay, Andrea Pozzo, George Grosz, Aristide Maillol, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, H. R. Giger ranks 43Before him are Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Peter Fonda, Dario Argento, James Caan, Tabaré Vázquez, and Andrzej Żuławski. After him are Eduardo Galeano, Raquel Welch, George A. Romero, Mario Andretti, Nancy Sinatra, and Thomas Harris. Among people deceased in 2014, H. R. Giger ranks 28Before him are Richard Kiel, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Gary Becker, Alain Resnais, Virna Lisi, and Louis Zamperini. After him are Adolfo Suárez, Martin Lewis Perl, Jack Brabham, Maya Angelou, Masaru Emoto, and Lorin Maazel.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, H. R. Giger ranks 56 out of 876Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Clay Regazzoni (1939), and Johann Jakob Balmer (1825). After him are Gabriel Cramer (1704), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Hans Küng (1928), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), and Paul Hermann Müller (1899).

Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, H. R. Giger ranks 6Before him are Paul Klee (1879), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Johannes Itten (1888), Henry Fuseli (1741), and Angelica Kauffman (1741). After him are Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), Bernardino Luini (1475), Albert Anker (1831), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), and Matthäus Merian (1593).