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Republican Soldier Killed in the Spanish Civil War
Republican Soldier Killed in the Spanish Civil War
Republican Soldier Killed in the Spanish Civil War
Photo repro: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Republican Soldier Killed in the Spanish Civil War

by Robert Capa
Artist (Ungern, 1913 - 1954)
Alternate Title
  • Republikansk soldat dödas i spanska inbördeskriget
Date1936/ca 1975
MediumGelatin silver print mounted on cardboard
DimensionsBildmått: 25,8 × 38 cm Pappersmått: 40 × 50 cm Passepartout: 40 × 50 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 1978
On view
Stockholm
RoomStudy Gallery 08: Screen 5
Object NumberFM 1978 013 002
About the artworkThis is one of the most famous war photographs of all time; it is synonymous with the man who made it, Robert Capa. In 1938, when he was 25, Capa was proclaimed to be “the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history” by British “Picture Post”. The photograph was taken at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and shows a soldier just as he is hit by a bullet. It became emblematic of photography’s ability to capture sudden death and has been published all over the world. But it has also been questioned whether the picture was staged. This photograph is typical of the photo journalism that came to define the work of Capa and his colleagues at Magnum Photos in the late 1940s.
Description Spanien Selected exhibition history Tusen och en bild (1978) Fotografiska Museet (FM) Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm En annan historia: Se världen! (den 16 april 2011 - den 31 december 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Robert Capa - 6 fotografier (1981) Fotografiska Museet (FM) The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Tusen och en bild : Moderna Museet, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm : [1 april - 3 september 1978]