Died artist Hans Rudolf Giger
Known representative of fantastic realism, which received the award "Oscar" for his design work in the movie "Alien", has died at 75-m to year of life
Monday, may 12, 2014, on 75-m to year of life has died the Swiss artist and designer Hans Rudolf Giger (Hans Rudolf Giger; HR Giger). The Giger style is usually described as fantastic realism; it is called the representative necro Gothic and biomechanics. The artist died in hospital from injuries sustained after falling from lestnici@
Hans Rudolf Giger was born in 1940 in the Swiss city of Chur. The boy from childhood caused all mysterious and dark, one of his first gifts was brought by the father, a pharmacist work with the skull. First pictures of Giger appeared in underground publications in the late 1960s opened his first personal vystavki@
One Director Ridley Scott saw Giger illustrations in the book "Necronomicon" in 1977, invited him as an artist-designer in the movie "Alien". This design works brought Hans Rudolf Giger worldwide fame. The Giger created the image of the main "alien" xenomorph. For this work he received the "Oscar" in the category "Best visual effects". The Giger drawings served as the basis for the next movie about a Stranger.
Giger also created album covers for bands Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Magma, Atrocity, Hide and many drugih@
Top 3 of the works of HR Giger on artrance@
1. "Biomechanoid II". 1975-1983. Heritage Auctions. 26.10.2013. 93 750 dollarov@
2. "Macht und Ohnmacht". 1987. Christie's. 21.03.2011. 53 318 dollarov@
3. "Biomechanical interior". Germann Auktionshaus. 16.11.2009. 39 728 dollarov@
Sources: wikipedia.org, artinvestment.ru
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