Artist who gave name to a bird (6)
I believe the answer is:
titian
'artist who' is the definition.
'Titian' can be an answer for 'artist' (16th-century painter). I am not certain of the remainder of the definition.
'name to a bird' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'ian' ().
'to a' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'bird' becomes 'tit' (tit is a kind of bird).
'ian' after 'tit' is 'TITIAN'.
'gave' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for titian that I've seen before include "Colour named after artist" , "Italian Renaissance painter" , "Venetian fifteenth-sixteenth century painter" , "He painted" , "Venetian artist" .)