Complex sentence: After staying in Old Lyme, Connecticut, as a guest of Florence Griswold, Volkert bought a home there in 1922, and remained in Old Lyme for the rest of his life, where he continued to work at his subject of choice.
Split into simpler sentences: After staying in Old Lyme, Connecticut, as a guest of Florence Griswold. Thereafter, Volkert bought a home there in 1922, and remained in Old Lyme for the rest of his life, where he continued to work at his subject of choice.