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1881
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Born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, the first child of Jose Ruiz Blasco and his wife, Maria Picasso Lopez
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1895
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Enters the art academy, La Lonja
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1900
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Picasso's first exhibition which took place in Barcelona
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1901
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Becomes co-publisher of the journal Arte Joven
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1901
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Beginning of the Blue Period
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1904
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Beginning of the Rose period
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1907
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Paints Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
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1912
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Creates his first collages
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1908 - 1914
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Braque and Picasso create and develop Cubism
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1919
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Travels to London to work on El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-cornered Hat), a new Ballets Russes production
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1921
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First performance of the ballet Mercure, with sets and costumes by Picasso
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1936
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At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Picasso offers his services to the lawful government of the Spanish Republic and is appointed Director of the Prado.
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1936
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Meets Dora Maar, a photographer linked to the Surrealist movement
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1941
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Writes his first play, El deseo atrapado por la cola (Desire Caught by the Tail)
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1944
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Begins association with Communist Party
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1960
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The Picasso Museum of Barcelona is set up by an agreement in Barcelona City Council
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1973
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Dies April 8th in his country home, Notre Dame de Vie, in Mougins
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2008 - 2009 |
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Picasso et les maîtres, Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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2008 |
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Die Erneuerung des Sehens, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Monet to Dali, First Center fot eh Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
Maternity - Images of Motherhood, Scottish Natinoal Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh |
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2007 |
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Chartae, Galleria Tega, Milan
Picasso & Matisse, Andipa Gallery, London
Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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2006 |
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Picasso Matisse: Prints and Drawings, Andipa gallery, London
Paris - Athens, 1863-1940, national Art Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens |
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2005 |
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Picasso to Pop, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, OH
American and European Selections, Richard Gray Gallery, New York |
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2004 |
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CUBISM AND ITS LEGACY - The Gift of Gustav and Elly Kahnweiler, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
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2003 |
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'Matisse - Picasso', exhibition which opens at Tate Modern and subsequently travels to Paris and The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Entre el clavel y la espada: Rafael Alberti en su siglo, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla |
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1966 |
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85th birthday and “Hommage a Pablo Picasso” exhibition at the Petit-Palais in Paris |
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1925 |
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participates in first Surrealist exhibition in Paris |
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1912 |
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participates in the “Blue Rider” exhibition |
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1901 |
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first exhibition in Paris, at the Vollard Gallery: he exhibits with the Basque painter, Francisco Iturrino
exhibition of works by Picasso and Casas at Sala Parés in Barcelona |
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1897 |
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first exhibition, held at the Hostal d’Els Quatre Gats in Barcelona: the first article on Picasso appears in La Vanguardia |
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Links to further information |
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