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