Complex sentence: He studied sculpture under Jules-Felix Coutan, Auguste Rodin and in 1908 Henri Matisse, and also attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and thus got to know the contemporary artists.
Split into simpler sentences: He studied sculpture under Jules-Felix Coutan, Auguste Rodin and in 1908 Henri Matisse. He also attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and thus got to know the contemporary artists.