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Artist: I paint modern shapes (4,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piet mondrian

'artist' is the definition.
(I know that Piet Mondrian has the occupation artist)

'i paint modern shapes' is the wordplay.
'shapes' indicates an anagram (shape can mean to mould or transform).
'i'+'paint'+'modern'='ipaintmodern'
'ipaintmodern' anagrammed gives 'PIET MONDRIAN'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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