Bachir Yellès
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Bachir Yellès (Arabic: بشير يلس; 12 September 1921 – 16 August 2022) was an Algerian painter.
Life and career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bloom and Blair, p. 50. "Bachir Yelles (b. 1921) and Muhammad Bouzid (b. 1929) explored Cubism, Fauvism and Expressionism while maintaining local themes."
- ^ "Culture : SÉMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL À L’ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS D’ALGER L’art et le patrimoine en débat." (Archive) Le Soir d'Algérie. "Le miniaturiste Bachir Yelles, enfin, est revenu sur l’historique de l’Ecole des beaux-arts d’Alger créée en 1881 et dont il a été le premier directeur après l’indépendance."
- ^ Collectif et al. 84. "Dans les années 1960 à 1980, sous la direction du peintre Bachir Yellès, les grands noms de la peinture algérienne moderne[...]"
- ^ Bachir Yellès, un centenaire et des œuvres pour la postérité
- ^ "Bachir Yelles, le doyen des plasticiens algériens n'est plus". APS. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- 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). Petit Futé, 3 June 2009. ISBN 2746937905, 9782746937901.
External links
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- "Bachir Chaouch Yelles". askArt. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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