Meant to develop into artist (5)
I believe the answer is:
manet
'artist' is the definition.
(I know that Manet is a painter)
'meant to develop' is the wordplay.
'to develop' indicates anagramming the letters.
'meant' is an anagram of 'MANET'.
'into' is the link.
(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "Edouard ---, pre-impressionist" , "Olympia artist" , "Edouard ___, painted Dejeuner sur l'herbe, d. 1883" , "Edouard -- (artist)" , "artistic individual" .)