Tributes Mourn Loss of Visionary Artist H.R. Giger
The Artist who created the creature for movie "Alien" died Monday after a fall.
![In this June 29, 2007 file picture Swiss artist H.R. Giger poses with two of his works at the art museum in Chur, Switzerland.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/AP_HR_Giger_3_mar_140513._16x9_992.jpg?w=1600)
May 13, 2014— -- Tributes poured in today for the late Swiss artist H.R. Giger, best known for designing the nightmarish creature in Ridley Scott's Gothic sci-fi thriller "Alien."
Giger, 74, died Monday after he was injured in a fall, the administrator of the H.R. Giger museum in Gruyeres, Switzerland, told The Associated Press.
'Alien' Artist H.R. Giger Dies at 74
![PHOTO: A costume made for the film "Alien" is displayed at the HR Giger Museum on May 13, 2014 in Gruyeres.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/GTY_alien_sketches_2_mar_140513.jpg)
Giger's admirers took to social media to express their condolences and to reflect on his visionary works, which influenced a generation of artists and filmmakers with his unique "biomechanical" aesthetic.
George Lucas' famed special effects studio Industrial Light & Magic also weighed in with a tribute.
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![PHOTO: In this 1995 file picture Swiss artist H.R. Giger is photographed at his house in Zurich, Switzerland.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/AP_HR_Giger_2_mar_140513..jpg)