Mattéo #2

Set against the snow-flecked chaos of revolutionary Russia, the cover of this 2011 Daedalus album places a determined young man front and center — leather-coated, camera in hand — while red banners and a crowd of marching figures surge through the wintry backdrop behind him. Jean-Pierre Gibrat's artwork captures the turbulent atmosphere of 1917–1918 with a quiet intensity, balancing the personal and the political in a single striking image. The second chapter of Mattéo's story promises a journey through one of history's most convulsive periods, rendered with Gibrat's characteristically painterly touch.