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 152 paintings, 24 of which are sold by the Painter under certain conditions, 7 by the, 4 by the after a golf score of 2000 under certain Moon phases, and 22 are randomly sold by the Traveling Merchant. 32 other paintings are found placed naturally in Underground Cabins, 14 in the Underground Desert, 24 in the Dungeon, 12 in The Underworld, 5 randomly acquired from Goodie Bags, and 8 awarded randomly by the Angler for completing a fishing quest. Additionally, the has 16 exclusive paintings.

Blood Moon Fishing
"Dread of the Red Sea" - J. Witzig. A Dreadnautilus, two Blood Squids, and a Blood Moon. 6x4

Hallow Fishing
"Lady Of The Lake" - J. T. Kjexrud. 6x4

Solar Eclipse Drops
"Requiem" - C. Rohde. Depiction of a Reaper. 3x3

"Ocular Resonance" - C. Rohde. 6x4

"A Machine for Terrarians" - J. Witzig. Depiction of a Butcher. 3x3

"Wings of Evil" - G. Groviar. Depiction of Mothron. 6x4

"This Is Getting Out Of Hand" - C. Rohde. Depiction of a The Possessed. 3x2

"Eyezorhead" - J. Parker III. Depiction of a monochrome Eyezor in a suit. A reference to the movie "Eraserhead" (1977) 6x4

"Midnight Sun" - X. Calder. Depiction of an eclipsed sun. 3x2

"Buddies" - T.T. Shabbick. Depiction of a Frankenstein and a Swamp Thing. 3x2

Floating Island
"High Pitch" - T.T. Shabbick. Depiction of a flying harp. Dimensions 3x3

"Constellation" - S. Grimson-Smith. Bunny constellation. 6x4

"Love is in the Trash Slot" - K. Tollenaar. Reference to Banksy's "Love is in the Bin". 2x3

"Eye of the Sun" - C. Paninie. 3x3

"Blessing from the Heavens" - S. Grimson-Smith. A meteoroid burning in the atmosphere. 2x3

"See The World For What It Is" - C. Rohde. Several Harpies flying in the sky. 3x2

Sold by Clothier
"r/Terraria" - The Terraria Community. A portion of r/Place. 6x4

Sold by Zoologist
"The Werewolf" - B. Hook. Only sold while Zoologist is in werefox form. 2x3

Sold by Truffle
"My Son" - J. Parker III. A depiction of the Baby Truffle. 3x3

Dungeon Chests
"Remnants of Devotion" - C. Rohde. The Lunatic Cultist and four Cultists. 6x4

Jungle Temple
"Lizard King" - T. Murphey. 3x3

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.