Gathered round an artist from France (5)

I believe the answer is:

manet

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'artist from france' is the definition.
'manet' can be an answer for 'artist' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'from france' bit.

'gathered round an' is the wordplay.
'gathered' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'gather').
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'met' placed around 'an' is 'MANET'.

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(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "Olympia painter" , "artistic individual" , "French painter" , "Olympia artist" , "Edouard -- (artist)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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