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Artist from China with inner determination (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magritte

'artist' is the definition.
(Rene Magritte, Belgian painter)

'china with inner determination' is the wordplay.
'china' becomes 'mate' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate).
'with inner' indicates putting letters inside.
'determination' becomes 'grit' (grit can mean determination or tenacity).
'mate' enclosing 'grit' is 'MAGRITTE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for magritte that I've seen before include "Belgian surrealist artist" , "Belgian surrealist painter, d.1967" , "Rene -, Surrealist painter" , "Belgian surreal painter" , "RenZ -, Belgian artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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