Artist with a pet ocelot (4)

I believe the answer is:

dali

(Other definitions for dali that I've seen before include "Salvador among artists" , "Salvador -, twentieth century artist" , "Controversial painter" , "Salvador --, twentieth century Spanish surrealist painter" , "Tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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