The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HOGARTH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result HOGARTH
- Painter having house with courtyard
- Keep to yourself: painting hard for painter
- Painter maybe drawing horse after farm animal
- Swine painting Henry, satirical cartoonist
- Painter painting in pig and horse
- Artist displayed headless earth-hog
- Primarily hooked on gin, his work included
- Where Harry learnt to lose weight – hard for society artist
- Artist in courtyard overlooked by house
- Artist showing animal on planet devoid of energy
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "artist" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case artist = hogarth.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.