French artist’s fellow alien (5)

I believe the answer is:

manet

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'french artist's' is the definition.
'manet' can be an answer for 'artist's' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'french' bit.

'fellow alien' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'alien' becomes 'et' (extra terrestrial).
'man'+'et'='MANET'

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(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "Painter of Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, d. 1883" , "Edouard ___, painted Dejeuner sur l'herbe, d. 1883" , "French painter" , "artistic individual" , "Edouard - - (painter)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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