Despite the discovery, the artwork was not righted because correcting the orientation would have damaged the painting.
If you were to turn it upside down now, gravity would pull it into another direction.
Paul Gauguin, Breton Village under the Snow (1894)
Niagara Falls.
Thats Breton Village under Snow by Paul Gauguin.
Turn your screen around to see the actual painting.
But as time went on, he adopted an increasingly solemn tone.
But nine years later, curators changed their minds, and hung the painting vertically.
In 1987 they reverted to a horizontal hang, but then went back to vertical.
This is how the painting currently hangs at Tate.
Salvador Dali, Four Fishermens Wives of Cadaques (1928)
Four Fishermens Wives of Cadaques.
Apparently, this is the right way up.
There is also a mystery why the title specifies four wives when only three are visible.
The staff was alerted and the mistake rectified without much harm done.
Fortunately, it had only been upside down for 15 minutes.
The Museum’s art director was notified and the artwork was rehung properly.
It had spent topsy-turvy for 47 days.
Georgia O’Keeffe, Oriental Poppies (1928)
Oriental Poppies as it meant to be viewed.
Yet, for 30 years, the painting washung the wrong wayat the University of Minnesota Art Museum.
Its supposed to be a horizontal painting, but it was hung vertically.
It is not the only painting by O’Keeffe that has been exhibited inappropriately at times.
Unlike other examples in this article, this is intentional.
