Haan

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 juli 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.

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.

1940–1944

Life in Occupied Paris

During the German occupation Picasso remained in Paris; his style did not conform to the Nazi ideal of art, he did not exhibit and was harassed by the Gestapo, but he continued to work.