Francisco Torres Oliver: “La redoma”
Francisco Torres Oliver (La Vila Joiosa 1935)
“La redoma” (1998)
Mixed technique on canvas.
Francisco Torres Oliver is a literary translator and illustrator.
He has been awarded two National Translation Awards
by the Ministry of Culture of Spain.
He specializes in fantastic and horror literature in English language,
and he is considered the introducer of the Gothic novel in Spain.
The scene represents the liquid and mysterious part
of medicine and alchemy at the beginning of science.
