Artist's country escaping Roman god (5)
I believe the answer is:
rodin
'artist's' is the definition.
(sculptor Auguste Rodin)
'country escaping roman god' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example).
'escaping' suggests deleting specific letters.
'god' becomes 'odin' (Norse god).
'roman' with 'oman' taken out is 'r'.
'r'+'odin'='RODIN'
(Other definitions for rodin that I've seen before include "He sculpted" , "Famous sculptor" , "Sculptor of The Thinker and The Kiss" , "French form master" , "Fr. sculptor (The Kiss)" .)