Secessionist Art

The Secession (from the Latin secessio, or split) refers to the conscious departure of certain groups of artists from official and academic circles. The Secession took a stand against the standardization of form and industrialized manufacturing, and may be viewed as part of the fight against mass production and its perceived threat to human individuality. Among members of
the Secession are: Gustav Klimt, Antonio Gaudì, Victor Horta, Carl Fabergé, Peter Behrens, Koloman Moser, Alfons Mucha, Walter Maria Olbrich, Franz von Stuck, Fritz von Uhde, Henry van de Velde, and Otto Wagner.

I was in a gallery with my schoolmates last week. We saw a lot of interesting pictures and we have also learnt some new things about secessionist art. Then we had to paint our own pictures in groups. Here is our painting:

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 in Vinci, which is a small town near Florence, Italy. He was scientist,  mathematician, anatomist, architect and writer but he was most famous as a painter. He was curious about everything in nature. He didn't go to university to study it, he studied by looking a things. He drew everything into his notebooks and made notes. There are 13, 000 pages of notes and drawings and many of them are scientific studies. He was always thinking about new inventions. Some of the ideas that he thought of were a helicopter, a tank, a parachute, a calculator or a robot.
Here are some oh his most famous paintings:

Mona Lisa (1479-1528)

 Lady with an Ermine (1483-1490)

The Last Supper (1498)