Bachir Yellès (; 12 September 1921 â 16 August 2022) was an Algerian painter.
Yellès was born in Tlemcen on 12 September 1921. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Algiers, then theàEcole de Beaux-Arts in Paris. He served as a director of the ÃÂcole 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. He died in Algiers on 16 August 2022.