| 1881 |
born October 25 in Malaga, Spain |
| 1895 |
completed the one-month qualifying
examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day |
| 1900 |
returned to Barcelona from Academy
of San Fernando in Madrid and frequented the city's famous cabaret of
intellectuals and artists, El Quatre Gats |
| 1901 |
began what became known as his
"blue period" (1901-1904) |
| 1904 |
settled in Paris, "Rose
Period" began |
| 1907 |
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
| 1908 |
began painting with Braque,
analytic cubism began until 1911 |
| 1909 |
began exploring with found object
sculpture as he would through the 1960s |
| 1912 |
first collage, Still
Life with Chair Caning, synthetic cubism began |
| 1914 |
worked as designer with Sergey
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes until 1918 |
| 1915 |
married the dancer Olga Koklova |
| 1930 |
began affair with Marie Thérèse
Walter |
| 1937 |
painted a picture of Guernica that
hung at Paris International Exposition |
| 1947 |
produced nearly 2000 pieces |
| 1953 |
met Jacqueline Roque |
| 1961 |
married Jacqueline Roque |
| 1968 |
created series of 347 engravings |
| 1971 |
exhibition at the Louvre honoring
him on his 90th birthday |
| 1973 |
died April 8 in France |
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