Complex sentence: Paul Hambleton Landacre (9 July 1893, Columbus, Ohio-3 June 1963, Los Angeles, California) was one of the outstanding twentieth-century printmakers and responsible for elevating the wood engraving in America to an art form.
Split into simpler sentences: Paul Hambleton Landacre (9 July 1893, Columbus, Ohio-3 June 1963, Los Angeles, California) was one of the outstanding twentieth-century printmakers. His distinguished body of work was largely responsible for elevating the wood engraving in modern America to an art form.