Possible Clues:

• Edgar -, French sculptor / painter
• "The Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" sculptor
• He produced works of art in the round - e.g. a sculpture
• Impressionist painter of ballerinas
• 'The Absinthe Drinker' artist
• Painter to banish boastful talk?
• Ballet dancer painter Edgar
• Impressionist Edgar who painted ballerinas
• Painter departs and wise man turns up
• Impressionist painter Edgar