Itzchak Tarkay

Itzchak Tarkay (; 1935 – June 3, 2012) was an Israeli painter and graphic artist. He used trade dress to protect his style from being emulated via Romm Art Creations Ltd. v. Simcha International, Inc., a case that Tarkay won.

Biography Itzchak Tarkay was born in Subotica, on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border. At the age of 9, Tarkay and his family were sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp by the Nazis until Allied liberation freed them a year later.

In 1949, his family immigrated to Israel and was sent to the transit camp for new arrivals at Be'er Ya'akov. They lived in a kibbutz for several years. In 1951 Tarkay received a scholarship to the Avni Institute of Art and Design, where he studied under the artist Schwartzman and was mentored by important Israeli artists of the time including Moshe Mokady, Marcel Janco, Yehezkel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky.

Tarkay died in 2012 at the age of 77 in Detroit, where he visited as a guest of Park West Gallery. were completed by him personally. His later works were drawn by him and then colored in by assisting artists on staff.

Tarkay's art is influenced by French Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism, particularly Matisse and Toulouse-Lautrec.

Commemoration In the year 2000, his work Reflection was minted by the Israel Coins and Medals Corp. In 2008, he became an honorary citizen of Holon.