Possible Clues:

• Pierre Auguste --, French impressionist painter
• 'Le Déjeuner des Canotiers,' e.g.
• French Impressionist, or his film director son
• ''La Chienne'' director
• 'No, I err, he was a painter (6)'
• French Impressionist painter, 1841-1919
• 'Woman With Fan' artist
• Manet contemporary
• "The Bathers" artist Pierre-Auguste
• 'The Rules of the Game' filmmaker, 1939