Complex sentence: Newton completed several years of schooling at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio before reaffirming to his parents his intention to become a professional artist; he transferred to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1952.
Split into simpler sentences: Newton completed several years of schooling at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio before reaffirming to his parents his intention to become a professional artist. He transferred to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1952.