Demetrio Diego

(1909-1988)

One of the Thirteen Moderns

Diego was born in 1909 in Bulacan.  He perfected his art while working as illustrator in several weekly magazines. Diego was noted for his oil painting of rural maidens and for his pencil and charcoal sketches. 
His subjects dealt mostly on rural scenes and folk. 
Diego had to switch to watercolor in later years due to the ill-effects of oil fumes on his eyesight while painting.  Was active in his art even late in his life. An illustrator by profession, Diego made Capas in 1948, a heart-wrenching depiction of Filipino and American soldiers imprisoned by the Japanese at the infamous holding site for prisoners during World War II.



Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art is a privately owned venue for artistic expression. It is strategically located within a cluster of progressive communities South of Manila. It has an independent exhibition area able to accommodate large-scale works, and a spacious garden ideal for outdoor programs, performances and sculpture installations.

Goals of Kulay-Diwa

To discover and promote the works of talented, young and deserving Filipino Artist;

To serve as a cultural outpost and make the arts more accessible to the fast-growing communities South of Manila; and

To foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay(Color)

Diwa(Spirit, Thought)



The image below is an example of the artist’s work and is not necessarily available. 



Capas by Demetrio Diego, a distinguished painter and former chief artist for the Sunday Times Magazine. It depicts the slow and agonizing death of Filipino prisoners-of-war in a Tarlac internment camp. The prisoner in the center seems to check on his companion’s condition beside him. The act is noble but futile. A man seated at the foot of the bamboo bed is malnourished and ready to die.

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