The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MIRO
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More clues leading to the result MIRO
- Artist of major importance making comeback
- Artist coming from Russian commune with nothing
- Artist into origami, Rossetti
- Artist seen in mailroom every now and then
- Placed upside down in error, impressionist artist
- Border lifted on old Spanish artist
- Artist makes marks with topless pen
- Partially seen from behind, sculptor I mistook for painter
- Modern artist observed in film ironically
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What does MIRO mean?
MIRO noun- The dark, durable, attractive wood of the portia tree Thespesia populnea.
- Prumnopitys ferruginea, a conifer of New Zealand.