Head of a Woman (Fernande)

1907

Meeting Georges Braque

Picasso met Georges Braque; together they became the founders of Cubism, a movement that rejected the traditions of naturalism.

May 1907

Visit to the Ethnographic Museum

At the Ethnographic Museum in Paris Picasso was struck by the masks of the peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Polynesia — an experience that influenced the formation of Cubism.

February 1917

First Trip to Italy

While working on the ballet Parade for Diaghilev's company, Picasso traveled to Italy for the first time — to Rome, where he executed the sets and costumes.

18 May 1917

Scandalous Premiere of the Ballet Parade

The premiere of the ballet Parade with Picasso's designs at the Théâtre du Châtelet turned into an enormous scandal, which helped increase the artist's popularity in Parisian high society.

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