1881: Born, October 25, Málaga, Spain

1889: Creates first oil painting

1892: Begins formal art studies

1897: Suffers scarlet fever; withdraws from school to recover

1904 - 1907: Moves to Paris; meets Matisse; paints Les Demoiselles DíAvignon

1911: Paints Man with a Pipe

1918: Exhibits with Matisse at the Paul Guillaume Gallery, Paris

Late 1920s: Picasso parodies Matisseís artwork with his own

1931: Paints Woman with Yellow Hair

1939 - 1945: World War II in progress; modern art proclaimed degenerate; Picasso remains under Nazi watch in Paris

1942-1943: Picasso sends Matisse Portrait of Dora Maar as a get-well present; chooses Matisseís Seated Young Woman in a Persian Dress in exchange

From 1946: Participates with Matisse in public events; meets in private with Matisse; exchanges artwork

1956: Paints The Studio at La Californie series in response to the death of Matisse

1973: Dies in Mougins, France