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Fake Art & Real Art are collectibles in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch (ACNH). This guide Includes list of all fake / real art (paintings, statues, sculptures), and how to tell forgery art!!

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Real VS Fake Art - Complete List With Comparison

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Fake / Real Art - Paintings List

*Below are pieces of art we've found in-game ourselves. If you get a piece of art you don't see here, ↓ post a comment below with a picture stating if you've confirmed the piece is real or fake!!

Academic Painting

RealFake
Academic painting
Academic painting
Original Name (Creator)
Vitruvian Man (Leonardo da Vinci)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
No coffee stain on upper right corner
Fake:
Has a coffee stain in the upper right corner

Amazing Painting

RealFake
Amazing painting
Amazing painting
Original Name (Creator)
The Night Watch (Rembrandt van Rijn)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
The man wearing black clothes in the middle has a hat
Fake:
The man waring black clothes in the middle doesn't have a hat

Basic Painting

RealFake
Basic painting
Basic painting
Original Name (Creator)
The Blue Boy (Thomas Gainsborough)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Shorter bangs
Fake:
Longer bangs

Calm Painting

RealFake
Calm painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Georges Seurat)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Common Painting

RealFake
Common painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Gleaners (Jean-Francois Millet)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Detailed Painting

RealFake
Detailed painting
Detailed painting
Original Name (Creator)
Hydrangeas and Pair of Chickens (Ito Jakuchu)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Blue flowers
Fake:
Purple flowers

Dynamic Painting

RealFake
Dynamic painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Katsushika Hokusai)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Famous Painting

RealFake
Famous painting
Famous painting
Original Name (Creator)
Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Eyebrows are slanted down
Fake:
Eyebrows are slanted up

Flowery Painting

RealFake
Flowery painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
Sunflowers (Vincent van Gogh)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Graceful Painting

RealFake
Graceful painting
Graceful painting
Original Name (Creator)
Beauty Looking Back (Hishikawa Moronobu)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Looking right
Fake:
Looking left
Looking right, but the woman is too big

Glowing Painting

RealFake
Glowing painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Fighting Temeraire (Joseph Mallord William Turner)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Jolly Painting

RealFake
Jolly painting
Jolly painting
Original Name (Creator)
Summer (Giuseppe Arcimboldo)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Flower in the lower right corner
Fake:
No flower in the lower right corner

Nice Painting

RealFake
Nice painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Fifer (Édouard Manet)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Moody Painting

RealFake
Detailed painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Sower (Jean-François Millet)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Moving Painting

RealFake
Moving painting
Moving painting
Original Name (Creator)
The Birth of Venus (Sandro Botticelli)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Has trees in the top right corner
Fake:
No trees in the top right corner

Mysterious Painting

RealFake
Mysterious painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
Isle of the Dead (Arnold Böcklin)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Perfect Painting

RealFake
Perfect painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
Apples and Oranges (Paul Cézanne)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Proper Painting

RealFake
Proper painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Édouard Manet)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Quaint Painting

RealFake
Quaint painting
Quaint painting
Original Name (Creator)
The Milkmaid (Johannes Vermeer)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Pouring less milk
Fake:
Pouring a lot of milk

Scary Painting

RealFake
Scary painting
Scary painting
Original Name (Creator)
Kabuki - Otani Oniji (Sharaku Toshusai)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Slanted up eyebrows with frowning mouth
Fake:
Slanted down eyebrows
smiling mouth
*Some fake art just has slanted down eyebrows with frowning mouth

Scenic Painting

RealFake
Scenic Painting
Scenic Painting
Original Name (Creator)
Hunters in the Snow (Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
There are 2 hunters between the trees
Fake:
There is only one hunter between the trees

Solemn Painting

RealFake
Solemn Painting
Solemn Painting
Original Name (Creator)
Las Meninas (Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Hand of a guy at back is touching the door
Fake:
Hand of a guy at back is not touching the door

Serene Painting

RealFake
Serene painting
Serene painting
Original Name (Creator)
Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Lady holding a white ermine
Fake:
Lady holding a brown ermine

Sinking Painting

RealFake
Sinking painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
Ophelia (John Everett Millais)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art Actual Ophelia painting's color of the flower is white instead of pink but you can still donate the art with pink flower.

Twinkling Painting

RealFake
Twinkling painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Starry Night (Vincent van Gogh)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Warm Painting

RealFake
Warm painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Clothed Maja (Francisco de Goya)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Wild Painting Left Half

RealFake
Wild painting left half
Wild painting left half
Original Name (Creator)
Wind God and Thunder God (Ogata Korin)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
The color of the character is white
Fake:
The color of the character is green

Wild Painting Right Half

RealFake
Wild painting right half
Wild painting right half
Original Name (Creator)
Wind God and Thunder God (Ogata Korin)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
The color of the character is green
Fake:
The color of the character is white

Wistful Painting

RealFake
Wistful painting
Wistful painting

wistful painting
Original Name (Creator)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Sphere earring
Fake:
Star shaped earring
Eyes closed

Worthy Painting

RealFake
Worthy painting
-
Original Name (Creator)
Liberty Leading the People (Eugene Delacroix)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Fake / Real Art - Statues List

*Below are pieces of art we've found in-game ourselves. If you get a piece of art you don't see here, ↓ post a comment below with a picture stating if you've confirmed the piece is real or fake!!

Ancient Statue

RealFake
Ancient statue
Ancient statue
Original Name (Creator)
Dogū (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Nothing attached to ears
Fake:
Antenna attached to ears

Beautiful Statue

RealFake
Beautiful statue
Beautiful statue
Original Name (Creator)
Venus de Milo (Alexandros of Antioch)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Without necklace, facing down
Fake:
With necklace, facing right

Informative Statue

RealFake
Informative statue
Informative statue
Original Name (Creator)
Rosetta Stone (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
The stone is gray
Fake:
The stone is blue

Tremendous Statue

RealFake
Tremendous Statue
Tremendous statue
Original Name (Creator)
Houmuwu ding (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Doesn't have a lid
Fake:
Has a lid

Mystic Statue

RealFake
Mystic statue
Mystic statue
Original Name (Creator)
Nefertiti Bust (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Not wearing an earring
Fake:
Has an earring on her right ear

Great Statue

RealFake
Great statue
-
Original Name (Creator)
Kamehameha statue (Thomas Ridgeway Gould)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Rock-Head Statue

RealFake
Rock-head statue
Rock-head statue
Original Name (Creator)
Olmec Colossal Heads (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Not smiling
Fake:
Smiling

Robust Statue

RealFake
Robust statue
Robust statue
Original Name (Creator)
Discobolus (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Has no wristwatch on
Fake:
Has a wristwatch on

Warrior Statue

RealFake
Warrior statue
Warrior statue
Original Name (Creator)
Terracotta Army General (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Isn't holding a weapon
Fake:
Holding a shovel

Familiar Statue

RealFake
Familiar statue
-
Original Name (Creator)
The Thinker (Auguste Rodin)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:

Fake:
No fake art

Motherly Statue

RealFake
Motherly statue
Motherly statue
Original Name (Creator)
Capitoline Wolf (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Doesn't have its tongue out
Fake:
Has its tongue out

Gallant Statue

RealFake
Gallant statue
Gallant statue
Original Name (Creator)
David (Michelangelo)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Isn't holding anything
Fake:
Holding a book

Valiant Statue

RealFake
Valiant
Valiant
Original Name (Creator)
Winged Nike of Samothrace (Unknown)
How To Tell If It's Fake or Real
Real:
Right leg is in front
Fake:
Left leg is in front

Authentic Art - Rarity Ranking

This Rarity Ranking will list which authentic works of art are the hardest to find and easiest to get. This is based on the team's experience upon hunting for these items!!

Extremely Rare

Nice painting
Nice Painting
-

Rare

Detailed painting
Detailed Painting
Famous painting
Famous Painting
Flowery painting
Flowery Painting
Moody painting
Moody Painting
Mysterious painting
Mysterious Painting
Proper painting
Proper Painting
Warm painting
Warm Painting
Worthy painting
Worthy Painting
Wild painting left half
Wild Painting Left Half
Wild painting right half
Wild Painting Right Half

Uncommon

Amazing painting
Amazing Painting
Basic painting
Basic Painting
Calm painting
Calm Painting
Common painting
Common Painting
Dynamic painting
Dynamic Painting
Glowing painting
Glowing Painting
Quaint painting
Quiant Painting
Scenic Painting
Scenic Painting
Solemn Painting
Solemn Painting
Sinking painting
Sinking Painting
Twinkling painting
Twinkling Painting
-

Common

Academic painting
Academic Painting
Graceful painting
Graceful Painting
Moving painting
Moving Painting
Perfect painting
Perfect Painting
Scary painting
Scary Painting
Serene painting
Serene Painting
Wistful painting
Wistful Painting
Jolly painting
Jolly Painting

Custom Designs Of Art

Get Works Of Art From The Met

The Met

Image Source: The Met Official Site!!

The Metropolitan Museum, one of the most famous art institutions in the world, has decided to provide players with Custom Design QR Codes for many of the works of art they have on display! So, if Redd rips you off, this is a good alternative to getting authentic works of art to decorate your home with!

Check Out More On The Met Website Here

Works Of Art From Getty Museum

Getty Museum

Image Source: Getty Museum Official Site!!

Getty Art Museum will also be undergoing a similar venture as the Met, letting players choose from a wide variety of artworks to display in-game! QR Codes can be found on their site below:

Check Out The Getty Museum Website Here

Fake Art - How To Tell

How To Know Fake Art

Compare The Difference

real or fake

Real works of art & their forged counterparts have some slight differences... If you're worried about fakes, check which art is real from the table above before purchasing!

Real Art Has Authenticity Tag

Real Art has Authenticity Tag

Upon purchasing a piece of art, you can view a Painting's back or the underside of a statue to check for a mark of authenticity. This will prove it's authentic since fake art will not have it.

Compare With The Actual, Real World Piece Of Art!

real

When you purchase a work of art from Redd, you'll need to determine whether the art you are buying is real or fake. By comparing the fake art with the original art that exists in real life, you can find the slight differences and tell if it's real or not.

Some Fake Art Are Haunted

fake art

Did you know that some fake art is actually haunted? These paintings make unexpected movements at time - and are thus extremely valuable among collectors!

Check Out Haunted Art List From Here

Works Of Art With No Fake!

Just like in previous entries in the Animal Crossing franchise, there seem to be some works of art which don't have an in-game fake version! Check the table below and if you find a fake version of these, please let us know!

Visit Other Peoples' Islands

Redd's Shop will have 4 works of art available, of which you can only buy one! So why not share your art with other people online? You might even get new pieces by visiting others' islands!

Find People To Play With On Our Forums Here!

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Anonymous 85

Is every artwork you can get on this list?

Anonymous 84

This was helpful information and good to know, thank you, I had no idea about the haunted paintings !

Unknown 83

I found another fake painting: the scary painting it can have eyebrows up and mouth frowning

Silvanae 82

I have a fake familiar statue that's hunched over more than the real one. Also I have a glowing painting that blathers won't take but looks exactly like the real one and even has the tag on the back.

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