Image: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía has highlighted a group of photographs by Gerda Taro held in its collection, drawing attention to the photographer’s presence within the museum’s holdings. A social media post from the Madrid institution pointed viewers to the works through the museum’s collection page for Taro, where the museum lists seven works associated with the artist.
The collection entry identifies Gerda Taro as Gerta Pohorylle and gives her life dates as Stuttgart, Germany, 1910, to El Escorial, Madrid, Spain, 1937. The page presents the works as part of the museum’s permanent collection rather than a temporary display, and the listing includes titles connected to the Spanish Civil War and its combatants.
Among the works named on the museum page are 'A Loyalist Militiaman and Militiawoman (Pareja de milicianos republicanos)', 'Republican Soldiers, Málaga Front (Soldados republicanos, frente de Málaga)' and 'Republican Soldiers with Artillery, Aragón Front. Huesca (Soldados republicanos con artillería, frente de Aragón. Huesca)'. The page also lists 'Loyalist Militiaman, Aragón Front (Miliciano, frente de Aragón)', alongside multiple untitled works catalogued as 'S/T (Madrid, febrero 1937)' and attributed in the listing to Robert Capa (Ernö Friedmann, André).
The museum’s collection page assigns several of the works to specific gallery locations, including Sala 205.16 and Sala 205.03, indicating where some of the photographs can be found within the Reina Sofía display. The post itself did not announce a new exhibition, but rather called attention to photographs already conserved in the museum’s collection.
Taro’s work occupies a significant place in the Reina Sofía holdings through these documented images from the Spanish Civil War period. The collection page presents the photographer under her full name and underscores the museum’s role in preserving and cataloguing the material within its historical art and photography collections.
The museum’s online notice was posted on 1 August 2026 and linked directly to the artist’s collection page on the Reina Sofía website.
