Pablo Picasso - Biography

PABLO PICASSO

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Biography Pablo Ruiz Picasso

1881

October 25, Malaga, Birth of Pablo Ruiz Picasso, son of Maria Picasso Lopez and Jose Ruiz Blasco, an artist and teacher at San Telmo school of arts and industrial design.

1891

Father appointed teacher at the Da Guarda art school in La Coruna.

1893

Pablo's debut as an artist, under his father's Guidance.

1895

Father appointed to the La Lonja academy in Barcelona. Family moves to Barcelona, spends summer in Malaga.

1896

Admitted to the drawing class at La Lonja after passing examination with flying colors.

1897

Member of bohemian group in Barcelona; first exhibition in the Cafe Els Quatre Gats, the group's headquarters; first review of his work in La Vanguardia. Makes friends with Jamie Sabartes and other young artists and intellectuals, who introduce him to modern currents in painting. His painting Ciencia y Caridad awarded Honorable Mention in Madrid. In the fall, admittied to painting class at the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid.

1898

Leaves the academy; goes for rest to Horta de Ebro. His painting Costumbres de Aragon wins medals in Madris and Malaga.

1900

Drawings published in the magazine Joventut. First trip to paris with Casagemas; sells three sketches to Berthe Weill; returns to Barcelona at the end of December.

1901

1902

1903

In the spring illustrated Arte Joven Magazine. Exhibition of pastels at the Salon Pares; Meets Max Jacob and Gustave Coquiot. Beginning of Blue Period; now signs his works "Picasso" instead of "Pablo Ruiz y Picasso", etc.

Exhibits 30 works at Berthe Weill's, Paris; second Exhibitions at Vollard's.

Returns to Barcelona; shares studio with A.F. de Sato.

1904

Settles in paris; moves to the Bateau-lavoir, No.13, Rue Ravignan. End of Blue Period.

1905

Meets Guillaume Apolliniare, Leo and Gertrude Stein, etc. Shcukin and Leo Stein buy paintings. Meets Fernande Olivier. In the summer, trip to Holland, at invitation of Tom Schilperoort. Beginning of Rose Period; earliest sculptures and engravings.

1906

Meets Matisse, who with the Fauves shocked the public at the Salon d'Automne the year before. Summer in Gosol, northern Spain, with Fernande Olivier; transition to sculptural style.

1907

Meets D.H. Kahnweiler, who opens a gallery and becomes Picasso's dealer and close friend. Meets Braque and Derain; visits the Cezanna exhibition in the Salon d'Automne. Beginning of Cubism with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

1909

Summer at Horta de Ebro with Fernande Olivier; first clearly Cubist landscapes. Moves to 11 Boulevard de Clichy. First exhibition in Germany.

1911

First exhibition in the U.S. (NYC). Breaking up of surfaces and volumes into facets.

1912	Moves to 242, Boulevard Raspail. First exhibition in England. First collages.
1913	Death of Picasso's Father. Moves to 5bis, Rue Schoelcher. Beginning of Synthetic Cubism.
1915	Realistic portrait drawings of Vollard and Max Jacob.
1917	Design's set for Parade. Meets Stravinsky and Picasso's future wife, Olga Koklova.
1918	Marries Olga Koklova. Moves to 23, Rue La Boetie. Summer in Barcelona and Biarritz

1921

Birth of Paul; numerous mother-and-son paintings. Two version's of Three Musicians and Three Women at the Spring. Works in several styles.

1925

Takes part in first Surrealist exhibition. Producese first works of unleashed violence.

1928

Series of small, strongly colored paintings, with boldy simplified forms. Beginning of new period of sculptural works.

1932

Retrospective exhibitions in Paris. A new model, Marie-Therese Walter, makes her apperance in Picasso's paintings.

1935

Final seperation from Olga. Birth of daughter Maia to Marie-Therese Walter; lives at Boisegeloup where he composes a number of poems.

1936

Outbreak of Spanish Civil War; traveling exhibition in Spain.

1937

Publishes etching Sueno y Mentira de Franco with his own satrical text.

1939

Picasso's mother dies in Barcelona. After outbreak of WWII returns to paris.

1944

Liberation of Paris; special Picasso room in the Salon d'Automne. Joins the Communist Party.

1947

Birth of son Claude. Lithographic work with Mourlot; takes up ceramics in the Madoura factory owned by the Ramie family.

1949

Birth of daughter Paloma. Exhibition of work since the war. Picasso's Dove becomes universal for Peace.

1951

Moves to 9, Rue Gay-Lassac. Retrospective exhibition in Tokyo. Paints Massacre in Korea

1953

Retrospective exhibitions: Lyons, Rome, Milan, Sao Paulo. Seperation from Francoise Gilot.

1955

Ex-Wife Olga Koklova dies. Acquires villa, La Califorme, at Cannes. Exhibits at Musee des Artes Decoratifs and Bibliotheque Nationale, and in Germany.

1958

Mural for UNESCO building. Acquires Chateau de Vauvenargues near Aix.

1962

1963

1964

1966

1968

Series on theme of Rape of the Sabines.

Series on theme of Painter and His Model.

Series on theme of Painter at His Easel.

85th birthday commemorated with three simultaneous exhibitions in Paris.

Between March and October completes 347 etchings largely on erotic themes. After death of secretary and confidant, Jamie Sabartes, donates series of Las Meninas to Picasso Museum in Barcelona.

1969

Paints 140 canvases, shown next year at Palace of the Popes, Avignon.

1970

Donates 2,000 early oils and drawings to Picasso Museum.

1971

90th birthday commemorated with exhibition in Grande Galerie of the Louvre; becomes first living artist so honored.

1973

Dies (April 8th) at his villa in Mougins. First posthumous exhibition at Palace of the Popes.