Art

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For the collection of art-related items in Wild World, City Folk, and New Leaf, seeArt (category).

Various works of art on display in themuseum inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

Art in theAnimal Crossing series refers to furniture such as paintings and sculptures that are based on real-life works of art. Paintings appear in every game and can be placed in ahouse as decoration, or, beginning inAnimal Crossing, donated to the art wing of themuseum. Sculptures are introduced inNew Leaf, and serve a similar function. InWild World and subsequent games, there is a chance for a painting or sculpture to be aforgery. Forged artwork are less valuable than genuine pieces, and forgeries cannot be donated to the museum.

In most games, art can be bought in one of two locations: either atTom Nook's store or fromRedd. Prior toNew Leaf, they appear infrequently at Tom Nook's store asspotlight items and are guaranteed to be authentic. Paintings are stocked more frequently at Crazy Redd's; there is always one painting in his original stock of three items. However, Redd's paintings are more expensive (costing 3,920 Bells) and there is a chance for it to be counterfeit. Villagers frequently speak of Redd's illicit dealings, some having even bought a painting and having it identified as a fake later, much to their dismay. If a villager mentions having bought a fake painting, it means that the painting at the moment in stock atCrazy Redd's is fake.

All artwork items in theAnimal Crossing series are based on artwork in the real world, such as paintings resembling Da Vinci'sMona Lisa, or Klimt'sThe Kiss, and sculptures resembling Michelangelo'sDavid. No items use real-world names, instead being named with an adjective followed byPainting orStatue.^{[nb 1]} Such examples are theworthy painting,flowery painting, and themystic statue.

After being bought, artwork may be donated to the museum by speaking to the curator,Blathers. Donations can be made unless the same work of art is already on display or is forged. Accepted art will be added to the gallery in the museum with a corresponding title and name of the player who donated it. If the artwork is forged, Blathers will identify it as such and reject the donation, in keeping with the museum's wish for high quality exhibits. Artwork may also be placed in a house, with paintings placed on an easel.

Appearances[edit]

InDoubutsu no Mori[edit]

Fifteen paintings appear inDoubutsu no Mori, including two that are not normally obtainable inAnimal Crossing and do not appear in subsequent games: thedreadful painting andnovel painting, based on Edvard Munch'sThe Scream and Piet Mondrian'sComposition with Yellow, Blue and Red, respectively. Since the museum does not appear inDoubutsu no Mori, paintings cannot be donated and can only be used as furniture.

InDoubutsu no Mori+[edit]

InDoubutsu no Mori+, paintings can now be donated to the museum, where they are added to an art exhibit. They can be obtained from either Tom Nook's store or Crazy Redd's Furniture Emporium. There are four paintings that do not appear inAnimal Crossing: thelovely painting,healing painting,nice painting,^{[nb 2]} andpleasant feeling painting. Additionally, the dreadful painting and novel painting fromDoubutsu no Mori can be obtained exclusively via the Data Moving Service, though they cannot be donated to the museum.

InAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+[edit]

See also:List of art inAnimal Crossing

InAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+, new paintings include thebasic painting,scary painting,quaint painting, andclassic painting, which replaces the lovely painting, healing painting, nice painting, and pleasant feeling painting fromDoubutsu no Mori+. Additionally, the two paintings fromDoubutsu no Mori were removed altogether.

InWild World[edit]

See also:List of art inWild World

InAnimal Crossing: Wild World, all paintings now have a chance of being forgeries, which cannot be donated to the museum and sell for 10 Bells. They can be obtained fromCrazy Redd's or Tom Nook's store. Five new paintings have been added: theamazing painting,nice painting,opulent painting,solemn painting, andwarm painting. Additionally, the lovely painting returns fromDoubutsu no Mori+ after being absent inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+, while the classic painting does not return, making for a total of twenty paintings. The amazing painting fromAnimal Crossing is now known as the calm painting. Forged paintings can be exchanged for 100Bells if the player has signed up forLyle'sinsurance.

InCity Folk[edit]

See also:List of art inCity Folk

A player viewing various paintings in the museum inAnimal Crossing: City Folk

Seven new paintings are introduced inAnimal Crossing: City Folk: thedynamic painting,jolly painting,moody painting,proper painting,scenic painting,serene painting, andwistful painting. Additionally, the dainty painting, lovely painting, opulent painting, and rare painting do not return fromWild World, making for a total of twenty-three paintings. Like inWild World, paintings can be forgeries and are obtained from either Redd or Tom Nook's store.

InNew Leaf[edit]

See also:List of art inNew Leaf

Redd's Gallery inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, selling four works of art.

A new type of artwork, statues, is introduced inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf. Eight statues appear, as well as twenty-five paintings. There are three new paintings: thegraceful painting,neutral painting, andwild painting; additionally, the strange painting does not return fromCity Folk. Artwork is obtained fromRedd's Gallery, which occasionally appears in theplaza, and each player may purchase a single item which will be subsequently mailed to their house. As in other games, not all items offered by Redd are genuine, although forged paintings and sculptures appear differently than genuine pieces. Additionally, villagers may tell the player that they have met a 'red figure' in thetrain station, referring to Redd, then tell the player they bought a painting from him. The villagers will ask the player to buy it from them and will say that they have no idea if it is a forgery or not. Unlike in previous games,Timmy and Tommy's store does not offer artwork for ordering from thecatalog. Forgeries cannot be sold toRe-Tail, althoughReese will dispose of them for a fee.

InNew Horizons[edit]

See also:List of art inNew Horizons

While initially absent fromAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, art was added in the 1.2.0April Free Update. Six new paintings and five new statues have been added, and two paintings, the fine painting and neutral painting, do not return fromNew Leaf, making for a total of 42 works of art. New works include theacademic painting,detailed painting,glowing painting,mysterious painting,sinking painting,twinkling painting,familiar statue,informative statue,rock-head statue,tremendous statue, andwarrior statue.

The process of obtaining art is mostly the same as inNew Leaf, though with Redd's tent replaced withJolly Redd's Treasure Trawler, a boat which periodically appears on the beach at the back of the player's island.Jock,lazy,smug, andcranky villagers in this game can also occasionally mail the player artwork, which can be either real or fake: jock and lazy villagers can send any piece of art, real or fake, smug villagers can only send forgeries, and cranky villagers can specifically send any sculpture, real or fake, but not paintings (incidentally, both halves of thewild painting are treated as sculptures in the game's code, resulting in cranky villagers being able to mail copies of them to the player).

A new feature of that art is that fake art is "haunted" and will change at night time. For example, in the wistful painting, the girl will close her eyes.^[1]

List of art[edit]

Paintings[edit]

Paintings in theAnimal Crossing series
Art	Real-world counterpart	Game
Art	Real-world counterpart	Doubutsu no Mori	Doubutsu no Mori+	Animal Crossing	Wild World	City Folk	New Leaf	New Horizons
Academic painting	Vitruvian Man Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Amazing painting	The Night Watch Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Basic painting	The Blue Boy Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Calm painting	A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Classic painting	Washington Crossing the Delaware Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Common painting	The Gleaners Musée d'Orsay, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Dainty painting	The Star (Dancer on Stage) Musée d'Orsay, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Detailed painting	Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Dreadful painting	The Scream National Museum of Norway, Oslo	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Dynamic painting	The Great Wave off Kanagawa The British Museum, London	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Famous painting	Mona Lisa Louvre, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Fine painting	Arearea Musée d'Orsay, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Flowery painting	Sunflowers National Gallery, London	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Glowing painting	The Fighting Temeraire National Gallery, London	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Graceful painting	Beauty Looking Back Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Healing painting	Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son National Gallery of Art, Washington	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Jolly painting	Summer Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Lovely painting	Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers Foundation E.G. Bührle, Zürich	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Moody painting	The Sower Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Moving painting	The Birth of Venus Uffizi Gallery, Florence	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Mysterious painting	Isle of the Dead Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Neutral painting	Basket of Fruit Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Nice painting	Jeanne Hébuterne with Yellow Sweater' Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Nice painting	The Fifer Musée d'Orsay, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Novel painting	Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red Tate Gallery, London	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Opulent painting	Zodiac Mucha Museum, Prague	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Perfect painting	Apples and Oranges Musée d'Orsay, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Pleasant feeling painting	Olympia Musée d'Orsay, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Proper painting	A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Courtauld Gallery, London	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Quaint painting	The Milkmaid Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Rare painting	The Kiss Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Museum, Vienna	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Scary painting	Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Scenic painting	The Hunters in the Snow Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Serene painting	Lady with an Ermine Czatroyski Museum, Kraków	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Sinking painting	Ophelia Tate Gallery, London	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Solemn painting	Las Meninas Museo del Prado, Madrid	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Strange painting	Ambassadeurs	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Twinkling painting	The Starry Night The Museum of Modern Art, New York	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Warm painting	La maja vestida Museo del Prado, Madrid	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Wild painting	Wind God and Thunder God Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Wistful painting	Girl with a Pearl Earring Mauritshuis, The Hague	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Worthy painting	Liberty Leading the People Louvre, Paris	DnM	DnM+	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH

Statues[edit]

Statues in theAnimal Crossing series
Art	Real-world counterpart	Game
Art	Real-world counterpart	New Leaf	New Horizons
Ancient statue	Jōmon-periodShakōkidogū figurine	ACNL ^{[nb 3]}	ACNH
Beautiful statue	Venus de Milo Louvre, Paris	ACNL	ACNH
Familiar statue	The Thinker Musée Rodin, Paris	ACNL	ACNH
Gallant statue	David Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice	ACNL	ACNH
Great statue	Kamehameha I	ACNL	ACNH
Informative statue	Rosetta Stone The British Museum, London	ACNL	ACNH
Motherly statue	Capitoline Wolf Capitoline Museums, Rome	ACNL	ACNH
Mystic statue	Nefertiti Bust Neues Museum, Berlin	ACNL	ACNH
Robust statue	Discobolus National Roman Museum, Rome	ACNL	ACNH
Rock-head statue	Olmec colossal head Xalapa Museum of Anthropology, Xalapa	ACNL	ACNH
Tremendous statue	Houmuwu ding National Museum of China, Beijing	ACNL	ACNH
Valiant statue	Niké of Samothrace Louvre, Paris	ACNL	ACNH
Warrior statue	Figure from theTerracotta Army Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi’an	ACNL	ACNH

Notes[edit]

↑In French and German versions ofAnimal Crossing, paintings are instead named after their artists.
↑While it shares a name with a painting in later games, it is based on a different work of art, specificallyJeanne Hébuterne with Yellow Sweater by Amedeo Modigliani.
↑Before becoming a work of art inNew Leaf, the ancient statue was a standard furniture item inDoubutsu no Mori e+ (shakōkidogū),Wild World (spaceman), andCity Folk (spaceman).