Complex sentence: Due to the political turmoil surrounding his life, he came to be largely forgotten during the latter part of his life, but his work is today gaining renewed recognition in East Asia as well as in the West.
Split into simpler sentences: Due to the political turmoil surrounding his life, he came to be largely forgotten during the latter part of his life. After his passing, however, his work has started to gain new recognition in East Asia as well as in the West.