The Magic Cauldron. Book 2

In each book, I try to be different - I try to let each book pass through me, to feel it, to experience it," - said artist Gennady Kalinovsky about the secrets of his craft.

But what if a single book contains tales from Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and even the islands of the Indian Ocean? And there are not one or two, but sixty-four such tales? Is the artist capable of letting each story pass through him and feel the completely different characters?

Someone would likely choose the simple option - to illustrate the book in a style recognizable to readers. But Gennady Kalinovsky chose a more complex path - he found a special artistic language for each tale: his own color, his own technique, and his own unique mood. And the book turned into a true "cauldron" in which the most different ingredients were mixed.
Today, twenty years after the only edition of the book "The Magic Cauldron," it can rightfully be considered a catalog of Gennady Kalinovsky's work. A thoughtful reader, if they wish, will see in these illustrations both "Alice in Wonderland," and "Patch and Cloud," and "Astrel and the Forest Guardian," and "Winnie the Pooh" - many books that Kalinovsky illustrated. And a true gift for admirers of his work will be ten illustrations for "The Magic Cauldron," which are published for the first time.