Complex sentence: After leaving the Slade he spent the next eight years in Paris, first at the Ecole de l'Ecluse and then at the Academie des Beaux Arts, and also he visited the galleries of Germany, Holland, and Italy.
Split into simpler sentences: After leaving the Slade he spent the next eight years in Paris, first at the Ecole de l'Ecluse and then at the Academie des Beaux Arts. He also visited the galleries of Germany, Holland, and Italy.