Possible Clues:

• Wise Democrat backed French painter
• Edgar —, French impressionist
• Painter’s daughter drawn to wise man from the east
• Cézanne contemporary
• "Blue Dancers" painter Edgar
• “The Dancing Class” painter
• Succeed ultimately, say, as painter and sculptor
• Remove nitrous oxide, say, from impressionist
• “Dancers at the Barre” painter
• Artist raised prudent daughter