Paul Cezanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter who is considered to be the father of modern art. He was a contemporary of other famous painters such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Édouard Manet. Monet, Renoir, and Manet were all influential figures in the development of Impressionism, a style of painting that focused on capturing the effects of light and color. All three of these artists were contemporaries of Cezanne and their works were heavily influenced by his.