Algerian painter Bachir Yellès

Bachir Yellès (Arabic: بشير يلس; born September 12, 1921) is an Algerian painter. He studied at the School of: Fine Arts in Algiers, then the: Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris. He served as a director of the École supérieur des Beaux Arts d'Alger of Algiers, between the years 1960 and 1980.

In his works, he continued using local themes but also experimented with Cubism, Expressionism, and Fauvism. Yellès turned 100 in September 2021.

References

• Biography portal
• Visual arts portal

• Bloom, Jonathan and Sheila Blair. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN:019530991X, 9780195309911.
• Collectif, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette. Alger 2010-11 (City Guides Monde). Pe* Futé, 3 June 2009. ISBN:2746937905, 9782746937901.
• https://www.askart.com/artist/Bachir_Chaouch_Yelles/11138694/Bachir_Chaouch_Yelles.aspx

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