Authors

First, There Were Paintings

Dr. Klein (real name Vasily Pochitsky, 1967–2024) was a Belarusian painter, illustrator and musician from Rechitsa. His work was exhibited from Moscow to New York, ran in the national press for nearly a decade, and illustrated books and records. Magister is his largest cycle: 54 paintings of a world he invented with his friend Alexander Zhilchik. He is gone. His world remains — in the paintings and in this deck.

“I was lucky to be friends with a genius… and that was Vasily Pochitsky.”