Bachir Yellès
Algerian painter (1921–2022)
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Life and career
Yellès was born in Tlemcen on 12 September 1921.[1] 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,[2] between the years 1960 and 1980.[3] In his works, he continued using local themes but also experimented with Cubism, Expressionism, and Fauvism.[1] Yellès turned 100 in September 2021.[4] He died in Algiers on 16 August 2022.[5]
