H.R. Giger
Swiss artist
Hans Ruedi Giger 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. Wikipedia
Born: February 5, 1940, Chur, Switzerland
Died: May 12, 2014 (age 74 years), Zürich, Switzerland
Influenced by: Salvador Dalí, H. P. Lovecraft, and Alfred Kubin
Period: Contemporary art
Spouse: Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger (m. 2006–2014) and Mia Bonzanigo (m. 1979–1981)
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