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Bachir Yellès (; 12 September 1921 – 16 August 2022) was an Algerian painter.
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"Bachir Yelles (b. 1921) and Muhammad Bouzid (b. 1929) explored Cubism, Fauvism and Expressionism while maintaining local themes." 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
Bachir Yellès (; 12 September 1921 – 16 August 2022) was an Algerian painter.
Life and career
Yellès was born inTlemcen
Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the p ...
on 12 September 1921.Bloom and Blair, p50
"Bachir Yelles (b. 1921) and Muhammad Bouzid (b. 1929) explored Cubism, Fauvism and Expressionism while maintaining local themes." 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
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...
, between the years 1960 and 1980. In his works, he continued using local themes but also experimented with Cubism
Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassemble ...
, Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it ra ...
, and Fauvism
Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French language, French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the Representation (arts), repr ...
. Yellès turned 100 in September 2021. He died in Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...
on 16 August 2022.
References
Further reading
* Bloom, Jonathan and Sheila Blair. ''The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture''.Oxford University Press
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, 2009. , 9780195309911.
* Collectif, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette. ''Alger 2010–11'' (City Guides Monde). Petit Futé, 3 June 2009. , 9782746937901.
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yellès, Bachir 1921 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Algerian painters 21st-century Algerian painters Algerian artists Algerian centenarians Men centenarians People from Tlemcen