Education
Gutzeit studied arts, graphic arts, and teaching in Copenhagen.
Gutzeit studied arts, graphic arts, and teaching in Copenhagen.
He worked as a graphic designer and educator in Denmark. He then settled in northern Germany. Starting in 1982, he worked as a freelance artist and illustrated several books as well as designing stamps and calendars for a Danish foreign mission organisation.
Werner Gutzeit preferred cubism, but he also painted modern icons and impressionistic landscapes.
Many of his paintings are abstract. He designed not only reversible sculptures, but also sculptures made of clay and other materials.
The pumpkin symbolizes for him the perfection of nature.