Calm painting

The Calm Painting (known as the Amazing Painting in ) is one of the pieces of artwork available in the games. It is based on a painting by Viennese artist Georges Seurat, entitled A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It was painted using pointillism, a method by which the artist uses dots to create a blur of colors, and is one of the most well-known examples of its kind. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted from from 1884 to 1886.

With age, the yellow colors used by Seurat have faded into browns due to the compound he used, zinc chromate. Due to the fact that this color degrades over time (and is also toxic, carcinogenic, and can result in death with prolonged exposure), it is rarely used in art.

In the Animal Crossing series, the Calm Painting is categorized as Colorful/Brown. It can be donated to the museum, but may be fake in and.

Authenticity
In and, there are no forgeries of this painting.

Museum exhibit description
"This is an example of pointillism. The scene of the crowd is actually made entirely out of small dots."

- Museum Exhibit

"Seurat, known as the founder of neo-impressionism, invented the use of brightly colored dots. His method, which does not involve mixing pigments, took time. This piece, for instance, took two years. It shows a crowd enjoying a day off at the river Seine in France."

- Museum Exhibit