--- description: Swiss surreal artist H.R. Giger died Monday at 74. The artist was famous for his nightmarish movie landscapes and creatures. title: Photos: H.R. Giger's Art and Monsters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Inside The Surreal World of H.R. Giger, The Maker of _Alien's_ Alien by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 4:54 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 4:54 PM CUT  Visual artist H. R. Giger. Dana Frank/Ovoworks—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Visual artist H. R. Giger taking off face mask. Dana Frank/Ovoworks—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Portrait of artist H. R. Giger with his mask over his face. Dana Frank/Ovoworks—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  A view of the "The Giger Bar" in the canton of Grisons. The bar was designed and is owned by H.R. Giger. Martin Ruetschi—Keystone/Corbis  View at one of the sculptures by H.R. Giger during the opening of the Ars Electronica 2013 exhibition 'HR Giger. Rubera—EPA  HR Giger's exhibition 'Traeume und Visionen' (Dreams and Visions) at the Kunsthaus Wien in Vienna on March 8, 2011. Robert Jaeger—EPA  H.R.Giger's 'Watchguardian, head V', on display at the 'Swiss Design in Hollywood' exhibition, at the Technical University of Valecia, Spain on March 4, 2009. Juan Carlos Cardenas—EPA/Corbis  HR Giger's 'Alien' at the exhibition 'Traeume und Visionen' (Dreams and Visions) at the Kunsthaus Wien in Vienna on March 8, 2011. Robert Jaeger—EPA  Sculptures by H.R. Giger during the opening of the Ars Electronica 2013 exhibition 'HR Giger. Rubera—EPA  Sculpture by H.R. Giger during the opening of the Ars Electronica 2013 exhibition 'HR Giger. Rubera—EPA  Sculptures by H.R. Giger during the opening of the Ars Electronica 2013 exhibition 'HR Giger. Rubera—EPA  H.R Giger designed the microphone stand, made for Jonathan Davis of KORN. Marc Broussely—Broussely/Redferns/Getty Images  HR Giger's 'Li I' at the exhibition 'Traeume und Visionen' (Dreams and Visions) at the Kunsthaus Wien in Vienna on March 8, 2011. Robert Jaeger—EPA  Giger may be best known for his design of the "Alien" movie monster. Louie Psihoyos—Corbis ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97484/hr-giger-aliens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97484/hr-giger-aliens/"},"headline":"Inside The Surreal World of H.R. Giger, The Maker of Alien's Alien","datePublished":"2014-05-13T16:54:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:24.506Z","description":"Swiss surreal artist H.R. Giger died Monday at 74. The artist was famous for his nightmarish movie landscapes and creatures. See work from the man behind the creature in Ridley Scott's \"Alien.\"","url":"https://time.com/97484/hr-giger-aliens/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","Art","Alien"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97484/hr-giger-aliens/","name":"Inside The Surreal World of H.R. Giger, The Maker of Alien's Alien"}}]}] ```