Complex sentence: China painting became a fashionable hobby for wealthy young women in England in the 1870s following the establishment by Mintons of a pottery painting studio in Kensington that provided employment for female graduates of the nearby National Art Training School.
Split into simpler sentences: China painting became a fashionable hobby for wealthy young women in England in the 1870s. This followed the establishment by Mintons of a pottery painting studio in Kensington that provided employment for female graduates of the nearby National Art Training School.