The Art of Marco Coching

My painting spotted at a collector’s home.
Thank you! 🙂

Timeless: An art exhibit by the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Incorporated in partnership with M Galerie.

Exhibit runs from May 4 to 14, 2026
House of Representatives, North Wing Lobby

Drift of the silver horizon

Size 24x36
Acrylic and oil on canvas

Today, we celebrate the 107th birth anniversary of the Dean of Filipino Illustrators, Francisco Coching. A key figure during the golden age of Filipino comics in the 1950s and 1960s, he helped shape the medium into one of the country’s most popular art forms.

Coching mesmerized the comics-reading public, as well as his peers with an illustrious career that spanned four decades. His characters and settings reflected the conflicts, struggles, and changing times in Filipino society from the pre-colonial to the post-war eras. His works proved to be a treasure trove for Philippine cinema, with 51 of his 63 serialized stories adapted into iconic films and box-office hits by major studios such as LVN and Sampaguita Pictures. These include 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘰, 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘰, and 𝘏𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘴 among many others.

For his immense contribution to Philippine art and popular culture, Francisco Coching was posthumously named National Artist for Visual Arts in 2014.

Work in progress ✨🎨

Spotted at a collector’s home.
Thank you!

My painting spotted at a collector’s office.
Thank you!

Spotted my painting at a collector’s home! Thank you for sharing!🙂

“Horizon of Blue”
Acrylic and Oil on canvas
30”x40”

“Crimson Drift” 🔴

Acrylic and Oil on canvas
24”x36”