Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: He was a draftsman interested in both architecture and landscape gardening and was a patron of several great German artists , including architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the composer Felix Mendelssohn .
Simplified: He loved both architecture and landscape gardening and was a patron of several great German artists , such as architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the composer Felix Mendelssohn .