Paintings

Paintings are decorative furniture items that can be placed on background walls. Each is a framed image that depicts a particular scene, usually Terraria-related. Their tooltips generally contain a person's name, apparently intended to credit each painting's artist; some names may be fictional, though some correspond to known Terraria sprite designers (see Trivia below).

There are currently 173 paintings, 24 of which are sold by the Painter, 7 by the, 4 by the , 1 by the , 1 by the Clothier, 1 by the Truffle, and 22 are randomly sold by the Traveling Merchant. 32 paintings are found placed naturally in Underground Cabins, another 14 in the Underground Desert, 25 in the Dungeon, 12 in The Underworld, 6 from Floating Islands, 2 obtained by fishing, 1 from the Jungle Temple, 5 randomly acquired from Goodie Bags, 8 dropped by Solar Eclipse enemies, and 8 awarded randomly by the Angler for completing fishing quests.

Trivia

 * Some tooltip authors correspond to members of Terraria's development and testing staff:
 * : Victor "Crowno" Moura (Golfer, Painter, Traveling Merchant, Underground Cabins, Dungeon, Goodie Bags)
 * : Will Garner (Underground Cabins, Dungeon, Underworld)
 * : Moosdijk (Dungeon)
 * : Jamison Hayes (Traveling Merchant, Goodie Bags, Angler)
 * : Jim T Kjexrud (Underground Cabins, Underworld)
 * : Cody Burczyk (Dungeon)
 * : Aaron Craig (Underworld)
 * : Kolf (Underground Cabins, Dungeon)
 * : Wright (Dungeon)
 * : David Phelps (Underground Cabins)
 * : Duncan (Underground Cabins)
 * : Ness (Dungeon)
 * : Leinfors (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Aurora (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Criddle (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Darthkitten (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : darthmorf (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Khaios (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : UnitOne (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Xman101 (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Zoomo (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * : Klei Entertainment (Traveling Merchant), developers of Don't Starve
 * The desert paintings are named after the testers that created the art for those paintings.
 * The frames on the paintings generally correspond to a wood or block.