Complex sentence: John White Alexander (7 October 1856--31 May 1915) was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator, born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Split into simpler sentences: John White Alexander (7 October 1856--31 May 1915) was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator. Alexander was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.