Complex sentence: Zdeněk Michael František Burian (February 11,1905 Kopřivnice-July 1,1981 Prague) was a Czech painter and book illustrator whose work played a central role in the development of palaeontological reconstructions during a remarkable career spanning five decades.
Split into simpler sentences: Zdeněk Michael František Burian (February 11,1905 Kopřivnice-July 1,1981 Prague) was a Czech painter and book illustrator. He is known as a painter whose work played a central role in the development of palaeontological reconstructions during a remarkable career spanning five decades.