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Gauguin did not like Georges Seurat, as a painter or as a person. Seurat was much younger than Gauguin (or even Vincent), and had become a successful artist in Paris. He had even converted Gauguin's mentor Camille Pissarro to pointillism.

The feud began in 1886 when Paul Signac had told Gauguin he could use his studio while he was out of town. But Signac failed to tell Seurat, who worked along the corridor, and held the key to the studio. When Gauguin arrived, Seurat refused to let him in, believing that Gauguin was just there to steal Signac's ideas or even his paintings. Angry words were exchanged and Gauguin not only held a grudge against Seurat, but ended his friendship with Signac as well.

Two Seurats...

Two Signacs...

And two Pissaros...