Rolf Brem (12 February 1926 – 11 April 2014) was a Swiss sculptor, illustrator and graphic artist.

When Rolf Brem attended secondary school he started to paint with oil colours.

Haller advised Brem to undergo training for a skilled trade in order to have a constant salary.

After a few weeks, Rolf Brem was not interested in his work anymore and so he decided to quit and to attend art school in 1945.

After three years at art school, Rolf Brem stopped attending because he wanted to work.

Rolf Brem had heard about a sculptor called Karl Geiser who was born in 1898.

In 1948, Rolf Brem stopped going to school entirely and worked full-time for Karl Geiser.

The following ten years Rolf Brem worked in Karl Geiser's studio.

The studio, located in the middle of a beautiful park, is rather large and constantly flooded by light.

In 1972 Rolf Brem decided to have a second studio close to the Perseo Art foundry, in which he cast his sculptures.

After Karl Geiser's death, Rolf Brem's style started to change.

Some of them show celebrities like the flutist James Galway, the author Günter Grass, the business leader Rainer Gut, the financier Marc Rich and the inventor of the artificial hip joint Maurice E. Müller.

Harald Szeemann was preparing the “Suisse Pavilion” in Seville for the Great Exhibition and wanted to display portraits made by Rolf Brem.

To make a head, Rolf Brem starts by building a frame out of wood to avoid that the clay can fall down.

Rolf Brem organises several meetings to work and spends about one hour at a time on the portrait.

If Rolf Brem is close to the final result, he makes a plaster cast to save his work.