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Gauguin worked on the Panama Canal project
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Paul Gauguin, *Martinique Landscape* (1887), National Galleries of Scotland, via Wikimedia Commons. The artwork is public domain; faithful two-dimensional reproduction marked public domain. [Source/rights](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Gauguin_-_Martinique_Landscape_-_NG_2220_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg). Visually checked 2026-10-28.
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In 1887, Paul Gauguin went to Panama with the artist Charles Laval and worked for about a month on the French Panama Canal project. He left the job because of the harsh conditions and traveled to Martinique, where he painted a series of landscapes.
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