Bachir Yellès

Bachir Yellès (Arabic: بشير يلس;‎ 12 September 1921 – 16 August 2022) was an Algerian painter.

Bachir Yellès
Born	(1921-09-12)September 12, 1921 Tlemcen, Algeria
Died	August 16, 2022(2022-08-16) (aged 100) Algiers, Algeria
Nationality	Algerian
Education	School of Fine Arts, Algiers École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Occupation	Painter
Known for	Director of the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts d'Alger (1960–1980)
Style	Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism

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]

Andalusian musicians in Tlemcen by Bachir Yellès