Of his works, were many in wrought iron? (5)
I believe the answer is:
rodin
'of his works were' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'many in wrought iron?' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'd'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wrought' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'iron' anagrammed gives 'roin'.
'd' inserted into 'roin' is 'RODIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rodin that I've seen before include "Great French sculptor of 'The Thinker' etc" , "Famous French figure" , "Sculptor (for the thinking man!)" , "Fr. sculptor (The Kiss)" , "Sculptor of OThe KissO" .)