I'm breathless taking in piece from Indian artist (7)
I believe the answer is:
painter
'artist' is the definition.
(painter is a kind of artist)
'i'm breathless taking in piece from indian' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
'piece' could be 'r' (abbreviation for Rook) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for painter that I've seen before include "Matisse, maybe" , "Bacon, perhaps" , "someone like Monet" , "Eg, Constable" , "craft tied up with this" .)