# Mauro Malang Santos artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/mauro-malang-santos/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:53:44.898Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Filipino
- Common media: Painting, Illustration, Cartoon and comics art

## About Mauro Malang Santos

Mauro Malang Santos (1928–2017), widely known simply as Malang, was a Filipino painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and comics artist. Public authority records connect his full name with the professional name Malang, the signature under which collectors may encounter his work. His career crossed commercial illustration, newspaper or humorous drawing, comics, and fine-art painting rather than fitting neatly within a single movement documented by the available sources. In comics, he is associated with the series Kosme the Cop, Chain Gang Charlie, and Beelzebub. That range matters when identifying works because the name Malang can appear across distinct formats and purposes, from graphic material to autonomous paintings. Collectors should distinguish an original painting or drawing from a print, edition, illustration, or other reproduced image and should examine the signature, medium, dimensions, date, and provenance together. The present source pack does not establish a museum-backed movement classification, so none is assigned here.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings, illustrations, cartoons, comics-related drawings, works on paper, and prints associated with Malang. Appraisily's matched records also use broader categories such as mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, although the available biographical sources do not establish how representative those categories are of his overall production. Original works should be distinguished from editions and reproductions by examining materials, inscriptions, signatures, edition marks, and provenance.

## Market and appraisal context

Mauro Malang Santos has a substantial set of matched public auction records on Appraisily, but individual results should be compared only with genuinely similar objects. Medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, and attribution confidence can all affect an appraisal. A painting should not be valued from a print or mixed-media result merely because both carry the Malang name. Reported prices may also differ in whether buyer premiums or other fees are included. Public records provide useful comparable evidence, while private sales, incomplete feeds, misattributions, and later catalogue changes may remain outside the dataset. Authentication and direct condition inspection therefore remain separate from statistical market comparison.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public sales data is a starting point and does not replace authentication, condition assessment, or a work-specific appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19594794
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/8842229/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malang_(painter)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malang_Santos
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/mauro-malang-santos/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85321896
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000028087022