Clever me, erudite about artist (7)
I believe the answer is:
vermeer
'artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'clever me erudite about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates a hidden word (the clue goes around or about the answer).
'VERMEER' is hidden in the letters of 'clever me erudite'.
(Other definitions for vermeer that I've seen before include "Dutch painter, 1632-75" , "Jan -, seventeenth century Dutch painter" , "Painter of 18" , "Dutch painter, 1673-75" , "Dutch Baroque painter" .)