Pablo Picasso- Life By HalenGifford Oct 25, 1881 Málaga, Spain. Pablo Ruiz Picasso is born Period: Oct 25, 1881 to Apr 8, 1973 Pablo Picasso's Life Oct 5, 1892 Started classes at the art school in La Coruña, Spain Oct 8, 1897 Entered the Academia Real de San Fernando in Madrid Feb 1, 1900 Picasso exhibitions drawings at Els Quatre Gats Jan 20, 1901 The Blue Period begins Feb 17, 1901 Picasso's friend Casagemas commits suicide in Paris Jul 30, 1906 Begins carving wooden sculptures Dec 14, 1915 Picasso's friend and lover Gouel dies Jul 12, 1918 Marries Olga Koklova Feb 4, 1921 Birth of Picasso's Son Paul Joseph Picasso Nov 14, 1925 First Surrealist group show opens Nov 23, 1928 Metal sculptures Jun 1, 1935 Picasso's divorces rom Koklova Sep 5, 1935 Birth of Picasso's daughter Maya Widmaier-Picasso Jul 18, 1936 Spanish Civil War begins Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 starts Jan 1, 1941 Picasso begins writing Desire Caught by the Tail Oct 5, 1944 Picasso joins the Communist Party May 15, 1947 Birth of Picasso's son Claude Pierre Pablo Picasso Apr 19, 1949 Birth of Picasso's daughter Paloma Picasso Feb 11, 1955 Olga Koklova dies Sep 6, 1958 Picasso buys the Château de Vauvenargues Mar 2, 1961 Marries Jacqueline Roque Apr 8, 1973 Pablo Picasso dies of a heart attack