
Pablo PicassoSpanish, 1881–1973May one see it?
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
12 February 1918
Marriage to Olga Khokhlova
Picasso married Olga Khokhlova, a ballerina of Diaghilev's company, in the Russian church in Paris; the witnesses were Jean Cocteau, Max Jacob, and Guillaume Apollinaire.
12 July 1918
Married: Olha Khokhlova
1927
Meeting Marie-Thérèse Walter
Picasso met the 17-year-old Marie-Thérèse Walter, who became his longtime lover, his "golden muse," and the mother of his daughter Maya.
1936
Growing Close to Dora Maar
Picasso grew close to the photographer and artist Dora Maar, who later documented the creation of Guernica and influenced its black-and-white palette.
1937
Creation of Guernica
After the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian aircraft in April 1937, Picasso created the enormous anti-war canvas in two months; it was exhibited in the Spanish pavilion of the Paris World's Fair.
1939–1940
Retrospective at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a major retrospective of Picasso's principal works, revealing to the American public the scale of his achievement.