Pablo Picasso, who lived from October 25, 1881 to April 8, 1973, is one of the most recognized artists of the twentieth century. A co-founder of the Cubist movement who explored a variety of styles during the course of his career, in an equal variety of media, Picasso was a visionary, the legacy of whose work is still clearly visible in the artistic and cultural dialogue of the present day.
| Biography |
| 1881 |
born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, the first child of Jose Ruiz Blasco and his wife, Maria Picasso Lopez |
| 1895 |
enters the art academy, La Lonja |
| 1901 |
becomes co-publisher of the journal Arte Joven |
| 1901 |
beginning of the Blue Period |
| 1904 |
beginning of the Rose period |
| 1907 |
paints Les Demoiselles d’Avignon |
| 1912 |
does his first collages |
| 1908 - 1914 |
Braque and Picasso create and develop Cubism |
| 1919 |
travels to London to work on El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-cornered Hat), a new Ballets Russes production |
| 1921 |
first performance of the ballet Mercure, with sets and costumes by Picasso |
| 1936 |
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. |
| 1936 |
meets Dora Maar, a photographer linked to the Surrealist movement |
| 1937 |
paints Guernica |
| 1941 |
writes his first play, El deseo atrapado por la cola (Desire Caught by the Tail) |
| 1960 |
The Picasso Museum of Barcelona is set up by an agreement in Barcelona City Council |
| 1973 |
dies in his country home, Notre Dame de Vie, in Mougins |
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| Selected Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
Die Erneuerung des Sehens, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
| 2008 |
Maternity - Images of Motherhood, Scottish Natinoal Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh |
| 2008 |
Monet to Dali, First Center fot eh Visual Arts, Nashville, TN |
| 2007 |
Chartae, Galleria Tega, Milan |
| 2007 |
Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 |
Picasso & Matisse, Andipa Gallery, London |
| 2006 |
Picasso Matisse: Prints and Drawings, Andipa gallery, London |
| 2006 |
Paris - Athens, 1863-1940, national Art Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens |
| 2005 |
Picasso to Pop, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 2005 |
American and European Selections, Richard Gray Gallery, New York |
| 2004 |
CUBISM AND ITS LEGACY - The Gift of Gustav and Elly Kahnweiler, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
| 2003 |
Entre el clavel y la espada: Rafael Alberti en su siglo, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla |
| 2002 - 2003 |
'Matisse - Picasso', exhibition which opens at Tate Modern and subsequently travels to Paris and The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1966 |
85th birthday and “Hommage a Pablo Picasso” exhibition at the Petit-Palais in Paris |
| 1925 |
participates in first Surrealist exhibition in Paris |
| 1912 |
participates in the “Blue Rider” exhibition |
| 1901 |
exhibition of works by Picasso and Casas at Sala Parés in Barcelona |
| 1901 |
first exhibition in Paris, at the Vollard Gallery: he exhibits with the Basque painter, Francisco Iturrino |
| 1897 |
first exhibition, held at the Hostal d’Els Quatre Gats in Barcelona: the first article on Picasso appears in La Vanguardia |
