Despite his many trips to Europe and his solid grounding in western art, Khayachi remained profoundly Tunisian. The further he travelled in Europe, and the more museums he visited, the deeper he felt his Tunisian roots.
‘Every painter as he moved around willingly kept, like a certificate of origin, the name of his native land, which he rendered, as he rendered himself, illustrious.’ Tunisia was engraved on his heart, and Tunisia was to form the basis of his painting.
