Clue: Brummie, no good house painter! (6)
Answer: INGRES
Explanation: Definition: painter
**I **("Brummie") + **NG** (no good) + **RES** ("house" as in "des res" (desirable residence)) 
*The painter is Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), a French Neoclassicist.