BIOGRAPHY

 

From his early age, Yves Badyh shows deep interest in painting. He secretly created his first painting. Then, encouraged by some friends, he slowly deepened his wish to this full time art. His father, a respectable Lebanese business man steaming from the famous Al-Dahdâh’s dynasty, didn’t show much enthusiasm for his son’s ambitions. Despite a strong family pressure, the young man kept a strong determination to live his passion, stayed intact. He refused to follow a designed road for him and it’s confortable life to search a more uncertain path. The black Eagle, so called by his friends since he always dress in black only, is nearly 20 years old when he decided to leave his native Guadeloupe to settle down in Paris. Charles Aznavour will be the first purchaser of a painting from the young surrealistic painter. He will introduce him to his friends, one of them being Jacques Carpentier, a renowned Parisian gallery owner, who will become his first agent. The artist’s talent and personality will do the rest. After his surrealistic period (Yves Badyh will be during 6 months Salvador Dali’s student), follow the figurative period and the abstract period. Several of his paintings are part of international collections. Especially in Japan and the United States.

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In parallel to the creation of pictural work, Yves Badyh develops a passion for photography. Since 1970, he becomes a very highly demanded photographer (Cosmopolitan, Haper’s Bazaar, ..) In the early 2000, the painter-­photographer decided to focus most of his time on another passion : writing. Two novels : LA MADONE ROUGE, L'ÉPINE ET LE SANG, have been published at ERICK BONNIER EDITIONS.  Besides, always searching for novelties, Yves Badyh perfects his photographic expression. He allies today his painter’s to his photographer’s experience  to create his new work  called URBAN STRUCTURES.
 

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