Boastful person initially given paintings after card game (8)
I believe the answer is:
braggart
'boastful person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'initially given paintings after card game' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'paintings' becomes 'art' (painting is an art).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'card game' becomes 'brag' (brag is an old card game).
The initial letter of 'given' is 'g'.
'g'+'art'='gart'
'gart' after 'brag' is 'BRAGGART'.
(Other definitions for braggart that I've seen before include "One who boasts loudly" , "Big boaster" , "Boastful type" , "Vain boaster" , "bigmouth" .)