Werner Gutzeit

Who is Werner Gutzeit?

Werner Gutzeit is a German-Danish cubist painter.

Gutzeit studied arts, graphic arts, and teaching in Copenhagen. He worked as a graphic designer and educator in Denmark. Today, he lives in northern Germany. He has been a freelance artist since 1982, and has illustrated several books and designed stamps and calendars for a Danish foreign mission organisation.

Werner Gutzeit prefers cubism, but he also paints modern icons and impressionistic landscapes. Many of his paintings are abstract.

His trademark since the 1950s is the “goosefish”, a mythical creature which is to be found in many of his works. He designs not only reversible sculptures, but also sculptures made of clay and other materials. Other motifs that can be found in his works are harlequin, cat and pumpkin. The pumpkin symbolizes for him the perfection of nature.