Complex sentence: He received a travel scholarship and traveled to Italy where he lived rom 1875 to 1878 he became acquainted with but remained relatively unaffected by the latest Realist tendencies in European painting.
Split into simpler sentences: He received a travel scholarship and traveled to Italy where he lived from 1875 to 1878. He became acquainted with but remained relatively unaffected by the latest Realist tendencies in European painting.