Complex sentence: In 1955, an Arnautoff lithograph titled "DIX McSmear," associating Vice President Richard Nixon with McCarthyism, created controversy and there were calls for Stanford to dismiss him.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1955, an Arnautoff lithograph titled "DIX McSmear," associating Vice President Richard Nixon with McCarthyism, created controversy. As a result, there were calls for Stanford to dismiss him.