1881 Born in Málaga, Spain
1897 Enrolled at the Royal Academy of San Fernando
1901 First solo exhibition in Paris; “Blue Period” begins
1905 “Rose Period” begins
1907 Created “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”
1908: Founded Cubism with Braque and others
1909: Period of Analytical Cubism
1912: Began working with papier collé; also entered the Synthetic Cubism period
1920: Neoclassical period
1925 Approaches Surrealism
1937 Protests German bombing of Guernica, creates Guernica
1939 Solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964 Retrospective exhibitions in Japan and Canada
1970 Picasso Museum opens in Barcelona
1973 Dies in Mougins