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 108 paintings, 21 of which are sold by the Painter under certain conditions, 3 by the, 4 by the after a golf score of 2000 under certain Moon phases, and 9 are randomly sold by the Traveling Merchant. 15 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 1 awarded randomly by the Angler for completing a fishing quest.

Trivia

 * Some tooltip authors correspond to members of Terraria's development and testing staff:
 * V. Costa Moura: Victor "Crowno" Moura (Golfer, Painter, Traveling Merchant, Underground Cabins, Dungeon, Goodie Bags)
 * W. Garner: Will Garner (Underground Cabins, Dungeon, Underworld)
 * R. Moosdijk: Moosdijk (Dungeon)
 * J. Hayes: Jamison Hayes (Traveling Merchant, Goodie Bags, Angler)
 * J. T. Myhre: Jim T Myhre (Underground Cabins, Underworld)
 * C. Burczyk: Cody Burczyk (Dungeon)
 * A. Craig: Aaron Craig (Underworld)
 * A. G. Kolf: Kolf (Underground Cabins, Dungeon)
 * K. Wright: Wright (Dungeon)
 * D. Phelps: David Phelps (Underground Cabins)
 * M. J. Duncan: Duncan (Underground Cabins)
 * C. J. Ness: Ness (Dungeon)
 * J. Parker III: Leinfors (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * J. Witzig: Aurora (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * C. Rohde: Criddle (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * C. Schneider: Darthkitten (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * S. Poirier: darthmorf (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * J. Sterling: Khaios (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * U. One: UnitOne (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * X. Calder: Xman101 (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * A. Dale: Zoomo (Underground Desert Cabins)
 * The frames on the paintings generally correspond to a wood or block.
 * Princess 64 is likely a reference to Super Mario 64, where a princess is featured.
 * This can be further confirmed due to one of the Princess NPC's possible names, Momo, which is the Japanese word for Peach and a reference to the most common princess and female protagonist in the Mario franchise, Princess Peach. She is also features in Super Mario 64.

History
Tableaux 绘画作品