Father has to bury an artist (7)
I believe the answer is:
painter
'an artist' is the definition.
(type of artist)
'father has to bury' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'pa'+'inter'='PAINTER'
(Other definitions for painter that I've seen before include "Matisse, maybe" , "Eg, Constable" , "Bacon, perhaps" , "Cougar" , "One who has a brush" .)