Work always around for lauded artist (4)
I believe the answer is:
goya
'artist' is the definition.
(Francisco Goya)
'work always around' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'always' becomes 'ay' (archaic term for 'always').
'around' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'ay' in reverse letter order is 'ya'.
'go'+'ya'='GOYA'
'for lauded' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goya that I've seen before include "European painter" , "Spanish painter (Los Caprichos)" , "Eighteenth to nineteenth century Spanish artist" , "Artist, died at Bordeaux, 1828" , "Ay, go to see great Spanish painter" .)