Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ã douard Manet ( pronounced edwaÊ manÉ in French ) , 23 January 1832 -- 30 April 1883 , was a French Impressionist painter .
Simplified: Ã douard Manet ( ; 23 January 1832 -- 30 April 1883 ) was a French painter .