Complex sentence: John Leith Craxton, RA, (3 October 1922-17 November 2009) was known sometimes as an English neo-Romantic painter but he preferred to be known as an "Arcadian".
Split into simpler sentences: John Leith Craxton, RA, (3 October 1922-17 November 2009) was an English painter. He was sometimes called a neo-Romantic artist but he preferred to be known as an "Arcadian".