Complex sentence: S. T. Gill (1818--1880) documented life on the Australian gold fields,, however the colonial art market primarily desired landscape paintings, which were commissioned by wealthy landowners or merchants wanting to record their material success.
Split into simpler sentences: S. T. Gill (1818--1880) documented life on the Australian gold fields. The colonial art market primarily desired landscape paintings, which were commissioned by wealthy landowners or merchants wanting to record their material success.