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Adam in Paradise - Kristian Zahrtmann Framed Canvas


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Description

Kristian Zahrtmann’s homoerotic Eden is no theological prelude. It’s a Danish fever dream of Nordic flesh and Florentine botany, where the biblical becomes botanical kink.

Adam is no penitent. He lounges, cocked at the hip, eyes forward like a sculptural Narcissus who’s learned to want without shame, guilt or limits. Veins climb his thigh like ancient ivy drunk on Dionysian nectar. While the serpent—slick, sentient, phallic—rises not to tempt, but to witness.

The fig leaves don’t hide either. They flirt. Behind him: a chromatic jungle of tropical indulgence, an orgy of petals and overripe fruits. Agapanthus, loquat, pink ginger, all clustered like libidinal punctuation.

This isn’t paradise lost. It’s paradise erect. Ripe, watchful, myth-drunk and painted in oil like a wet dream filtered through fin-de-siècle Copenhagen. Symbolism slinking through every chlorophyll pulse.

About the Canvas

Make Any Room a Showpiece

  • Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas, finely textured for depth and precision.
  • Hand-stretched and natural white to captures light/color with striking clarity.
  • Printed with non-toxic, water-based pigments that stay vivid for decades.

Sustainably Stunning, Framed to Float, Crafted to Last

  • Sustainably sourced FSC® certified European knotless pine with satin-laminated black finish.
  • Precisely measured 5mm float that creates a sleek, gallery-worthy effect.
  • Ultra-rich water-based eco-inks deliver the same bold intensity as traditional inks without the harsh chemicals and environmental cost.
About the Artist

Kristian Zahrtmann—painter of pagan opulence and homoerotic insurgency—unleashed Danish art from Lutheran frost into Mediterranean excess. Trained at the Royal Danish Academy yet possessed by Caravaggio’s shadow and Pompeii’s palette, he rendered queer masculinity not as subject but oracle.

His canvases—suffused with Florentine blood, Greco-Roman ruin, and orientalist heat—defied Nordic austerity with Venetian chroma and operatic lust.

Founder of Kunstnernes Studieskole, Zahrtmann’s pedagogy birthed visual heretics. His mytho-historical tableaux—Socrates nude, Leonora Christina defiant—staged history as erotic theater.

A chromatic provocateur, he painted male nudes with oils like libation: thick, carnal, exilic. Zahrtmann remains Denmark’s clandestine colorist—devotional, decadent, defiantly queer.

Delivery & Refunds

Cost

Orders over $50 USD ship free.

Orders under $50 USD cost between $5-10 USD to ship depending on which part of the world you're ordering from.

Delivery Times

Production:

The average time it takes to produce the treasures you find here is 2-4 days.

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Average shipping times:

USA: 2-5 days • Canada: 3-8 days • UK: 2-5 days • Europe: 3-6 days • Australia: 2-5 days • New Zealand: 3-8 days • Rest of the world: 2-4 weeks

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Returns and Refunds

1. You're welcome to open a return / exchange request within 30 days of your order's delivery.

2. All items for return must be delivered back in their original condition, with their original packaging included.

3. No guarantees your return will be approved if you send items back before the approval of your return request

4. No returns, refunds or exchanges on discounted or sale items.

5. Return shipping costs are only covered in the rare cases that items arrive faulty, incorrect or damaged.

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Handcrafted after you order, reducing waste and energy by only making art that’s truly wanted — never mass-produced.

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Artist-grade cotton with a luscious, finely grained texture. Engineered to capture every intricate brushstroke and subtle gradient.

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Forget 4 color CMYK. Giclée layers up to 12 — alive with deeper shadows, richer highlights and multidimensional contrasts.

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