This site is devoted to Don "Monte" Monteverde, a brilliant, influential,
and ultimately elusive artist who made an invaluable contribution to American
pop imagery of the fifties & sixties – including being hired by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
to create the iconic first image of Rat Fink!

COMING SOON!

Monte's biography with photos and art!

Monte, above, in 1956 with his prized & personally pinstriped '40 maroon Ford Pickup.
Below are 7 rare examples of Monte hobby shop point of purchase displays.

from the collection of Peter Bennett

Ah, the freedom of capri pants!
The artiste relaxes in his Tiki Lounge in the late fifties.
Note the bongos.

Here's 5 pages of Monte's sales catalog circa 1959-'61
Click the individual catalog pages to see larger page images.

Below are examples of individual Monte decals from my collection.

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The above image is from Peter Bennett's "Decalcomania" article
appearing in the Apr.-May-June 2006 issue
of "Rolls & Pleats" magazine

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