Meant to develop as artist (5)
I believe the answer is:
manet
'artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'meant to develop' is the wordplay.
'to develop' indicates an anagram.
'meant' with letters rearranged gives 'MANET'.
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "artistic individual" , "Olympia artist" , "Edouard -- (artist)" , "French painter" , "Painter of Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, d. 1883" .)