Spanish surrealist Salvador (4)
I believe the answer is:
dali
'spanish surrealist salvador' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dali that I've seen before include "Surrealist Spanish painter, d. 1989" , "Salvador -, twentieth century artist" , "Controversial painter" , "Salvador among artists" , "Salvador . . . . was great Spanish surrealist painter" .)