Complex sentence: Paul-Albert Besnard (1849-1934), French painter, was born in Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, winning the Prix de Rome in 1874.
Split into simpler sentences: Paul-Albert Besnard (1849-1934) was a French painter. He was born in Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, winning the Prix de Rome in 1874.