H.R. Gieger

H.R. Giger was born on February 5, 1940, in Chur, Switzerland. He was raised in a middle class environment, and his dad was a pharmacist. His dad recieved a human skull as a promotional peice from a pharmacy institution when he was very young, and this sparked H.R. Gigers interest in the strange and macabre. His mother encouraged his artistic ability, though she often failed to understand his strange fascinations. In 1953 he attends the cantonal …showed first 75 words of 739 total…

…showed last 75 words of 739 total…a very strange building. Geiger also works on a museum called the "Geiger Museum" that houses all of his art. There is a rumor that Giger has died, however the web sites confirm no such thing, and as Mark Twain once said "The Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." All this information was obtained off of H.R. Geigers web site, at http://www.hrgiger.com/frame.htm and http://www.giger.com