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 125 paintings, 14 of which are sold by the Painter under certain conditions, 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.
 * The "Trapped Ghost" painting is a direct reference to the famed real life painting, "The Scream" (Real name: 'Der Schrei der Natur)' by Norwegian artist, Edvard Munch.
 * "Ancient Tablet" and "Prehistory Preserved" aren't technically paintings, but rather ancients objects displayed on racks.

History
Tableaux 绘画作品