Complex sentence: Anselm Feuerbach (September 12,1829--January 4,1880), German painter, born at Speyer, the son of a well-known archaeologist, was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school.
Split into simpler sentences: Anselm Feuerbach (September 12,1829--January 4,1880) was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school.