Composer wanting area green for painter (2,5)
I believe the answer is:
el greco
'painter' is the definition.
(nickname of Domenikos Theotokpoulos, 1541-1641)
'composer wanting area green' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'area' could be 'ec' and 'ec' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for el greco that I've seen before include "Domenikos Theotokopoulos" , "Cretan-born Spanish painter, d. 1614" , "Crete-born Sp. painter" , "Spanish artist born in Crete" , "Sixteenth to seventeenth century Greek-born Spanish painter" .)