RAOUX, JEAN, French painter, was born at Montpellier in 1677 and died at Paris in 1734. After the usual course of training he became a member of the Academy in 1717 as art historical painter. His reputation had been previ-ously established by the credit of decorations executed during his three years in Italy on the palace of Giustiniani Solini at Venice and by some easel paintings the Four Ages of 1Flan (National Gallery), commissioned by the grand prior of Vendome. To this latter class of subject lisoux devoted himself, nor did he even paint portraits except in character. The list of his works is a long series of sets of the Seasons, of the Hours, of the Elements, or of those scenes of amnsement and gallantry in the representation of which he was immeasurably surpassed by his younger rival Watteau. After his stay in England (1720) he lived much in the Temple where he decorated several rooms. His best pupils were 'Chevalier and Mont-didier. His works, of which there is a poor specimen in the Louvre, were much engraved by Poilly, Moyreau, Dupuis, &c.

See Marlette, Abeeedario Ara. de l' Art Francais ; Dussieux, Les Artistes Francais a l'Etranger ; Soulie, Musee de Versailles ; De Chennevieres, Peintres prozrinciaux.