Hédi Khayachi
Hédi Khayachi (1882 in
Early life
His father came from an
business in Tunis.Having a fondness for painting, Khayachi frequented the free academies in Montparnasse and received an artistic education in Rome, where he was instructed in portraiture and visited the European museums.
Work
In 1908, he produced official portraits of the Husseinite
Khayachi appeared amongst the group of forerunners in Tunisian painting: Pierre Boucherle, Yahia Turki, Moses Lévy, Jules Lellouche, Ali Bellagha, Ammar Farhat, Maurice Bismouth, Hatem El Mekki and Edgard Naccache. He produced about twenty exhibitions in Tunisia and in Europe and represented Tunisia in numerous international artistic events.
He died at the age of 66, leaving unfinished paintings which were completed and signed by his son, Noureddine Khayachi, who was also a painter. Hédi Khayachi was honoured in 1983, 1997 and 2000 by the issue of postage stamps by La Poste Tunisienne.
References
- ^ Les Sociétés musulmanes au miroir des œuvres d'art, actes de la table ronde organisée par Hachemi Karoui, Centre d'études et de recherches économiques et sociales, Tunis, 10-13 mai 1993
- ^ Abdessattar Amamou, conférence à l'occasion du centenaire de la famille Khayachi dans la peinture tunisienne, avril 2008, Tunis
- ^ a b Mokhtar Bey, conférence à l'occasion de la publication de l'ouvrage Et la lumière et l'ombre de Mustapha Chelbi, 2000
External links
Media related to Hédi Khayachi at Wikimedia Commons
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