Werner Heldt was born in 1904 in Berlin. From 1922 to 1924 he studied at the School of Applied Arts. This was followed from 1924 to 1930 by studies at the United State Schools of Free and Applied Art, Berlin. After this he worked as a freelance artist in the Ateliergemeinschaft Klosterstrasse. From 1940 he was a soldier in the Second World War, returning in 1946 after being held prisoner-of-war by the British. Until 1949 he lived in Berlin-Weissensee (East Berlin), before moving to West Berlin. In 1950 he was awarded the Art Prize of the City of Berlin. In 1954 Heldt died in Italy.