Complex sentence: Nahum Gutman (1898--November 28,1980) was an Israeli painter, sculptor and author born in Teleneşti, Bessarabia, then part of the Russian Empire.
Split into simpler sentences: Nahum Gutman (1898--November 28,1980) was a Russian-born Israeli painter, sculptor and author. Gutman was born in Teleneşti, Bessarabia, then part of the Russian Empire.