Live wedding painting on Lake Maggiore
On your wedding day on Lake Maggiore, Giulia Dal Bon sets her easel at the edge of the celebration and paints. During the cocktail hour, guests pass by, watch, come back: the canvas advances in front of them, and the moment you have chosen takes shape as the hours go. By evening, the painting is yours. Giulia is a painter, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. From 950 €, free quote within 48 hours.
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Live wedding painting prices on Lake Maggiore
| The wedding painting, made live | |
|---|---|
| 40 × 60 cm | 950 € |
| 60 × 80 cm | 1,200 € |
| 70 × 100 cm | 1,500 € |
| 80 × 120 cm, full day | 1,800 € |
| Another size, a bespoke day | bespoke quote |
Giulia also paints live at concerts, festivals and company evenings.
Free quote within 48 hours
Travel and logistics are agreed together and priced in the quote.
Getting married on Lake Maggiore
Why do so many couples marry on Lake Maggiore?
The Borromeo family arrived on the lake in 1449 and made it their kingdom of gardens and palaces. At the Rocca di Angera, the Hall of Justice keeps a late thirteenth-century secular cycle with a velum painted in trompe l’oeil. Giulia Dal Bon paints live wedding paintings there, from 950 € for the painting made on site, work handed over. She speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish, which matters when guests come from several countries. Free quote within 48 hours.
Which place does a painter look at first on Lake Maggiore?
Isola Bella. Around 1600 Count Carlo III Borromeo set about transforming a bare rock and gave it the name of his wife, Isabella d’Adda; work on the palace began in 1632, and his sons Giberto III and Vitaliano VI carried it on with the architect Carlo Fontana. The garden, inaugurated in 1671, steps down to the water in ten terraces, with fountains, mosaic niches, obelisks and statues: a green pyramid set on the lake. Giulia Dal Bon paints your wedding picture live in this setting, from 950 €, and you take it home the same evening.
What does the painting show?
The moment you choose: the ceremony, the exit, the first dance, the cocktail hour with the guests, or the venue itself with the couple in the foreground. Giulia prepares the composition beforehand from your photographs and images of the venue, then paints on site on Lake Maggiore. You know what you will get before the day itself.
Does Giulia know the area?
She comes to Lake Maggiore and travels across seventeen European countries. She looks at the venue before painting: the light, the colours, the architecture, and what the view gives at cocktail hour. Send her the name of your venue and she will tell you what she would make of it.
The wedding venues on Lake Maggiore
Giulia travels to the villas and reception venues of the area: Villa Rusconi-Clerici (Verbania), Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées (Stresa), Villa Aminta, Villa Giulia (Pallanza).
From the shore at Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées, on the canvas you can see the Borromean Islands behind the couple and their terraced gardens set on the water. At Villa Rusconi-Clerici, the Verbania flowerbeds and the lake at the end of the park. At Villa Aminta, the mountains on the far shore.
She also works in Stresa, Baveno, Verbania, Pallanza, Arona, Angera, Cannobio, Cannero, Belgirate, Meina, Laveno, Luino.
Does Giulia work in the great villas and estates?
Yes, and she adapts to the house rules of each venue: she stands where she is least in the way, protects the floor around her and leaves with her equipment the same evening. Simply let your venue and your wedding planner know. She also works with agencies and provides a detailed quote that drops straight into a budget.
What is the best season on Lake Maggiore?
The season runs from May to September, and the islands are reached by boat, which changes the rhythm of the day. Giulia is available all year round, winter dates included. Giulia paints in acrylic, which dries fast and handles open air, so an outdoor wedding paints as well as one indoors. Allow for light if she paints in the evening and shelter in case of rain. The dates still open are in the quote, sent within 48 hours.
What do we need to arrange on site?
A space of roughly two by two metres, away from the flow but visible to the guests, a power socket and light if she paints in the evening. Giulia brings her easel, canvases, acrylics and brushes. That is all the venue needs to know.
On Lake Maggiore, the piano and painting show at your wedding
On Lake Maggiore, live wedding painting can become a show: Orlando at the piano, Giulia with her brush, and a canvas that takes shape with the music, right up to the last note. The repertoire is neoclassical, in the line of Ludovico Einaudi or Hania Rani, and your guests take the time to watch, admire and photograph the canvas as it grows. The signed painting is yours that same night. The piano and painting show is prepared with you and your wedding venue, on request.
Live painting on Lake Maggiore, for another occasion
Giulia also paints on Lake Maggiore beyond weddings. Tell her what you have in mind, even loosely: she suggests a format, adapts it to your evening and your room, and you approve it beforehand. A hotel looking for something else for its gala, a festival that wants a second stage, a company hosting its clients: the shape is built with you.
A company evening on Lake Maggiore The painting of the evening, made in front of your guests and kept by the company, invoiced in its name. From 900 €.
A concert or a festival on Lake Maggiore She paints to the music, from the first note of the set to the last, and the canvas is revealed to the audience. From 400 €.
A private party, a birthday, an opening She paints through the evening, and guests leave with their watercolour portrait. From 400 €.
Your questions, before booking
How do I organise live painting for a wedding on Lake Maggiore?
Tell Giulia Dal Bon the date, the venue and the occasion, and she brings your idea to life with you. She offers you a free quote within 48 hours. Before the day, you choose the size and the subject together, and she prepares the composition if needed. On the day, she paints in front of your guests, on Lake Maggiore, and the signed painting is yours that same day. Live painting for a wedding starts at 950 €.
Which artist paints live during a wedding on Lake Maggiore?
Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in galleries, paints murals in seventeen countries, and paints live on stage and at celebrations: at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, and at the Festival Gaber in Camaiore on 6 July 2017, alongside the guitarist Gianni Martini. She speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish, and comes to Lake Maggiore as she does all over Europe, to grand estates and small villages alike.
What do you receive at the end of the live painting, on the wedding evening?
The canvas itself, painted and finished on site, signed, in the size chosen in the quote: 40×60, 60×80, 70×100 or 80×120 cm. It goes home with you that same evening, ready to hang. The price includes the canvas and the paints, from 950 € for a wedding. For a very large format, the finishing is completed in the studio and the painting is shipped to you.
How much does a live wedding painting cost on Lake Maggiore?
Giulia Dal Bon paints from 950 € a canvas during the wedding, made on site, work handed over. From 1,800 € for a large format or a full day. A portrait painted in the studio from your photographs is ordered from the portrait from a photo page, from 90 €. The canvas, the stretcher, the acrylics and the easel are included. Free quote within 48 hours.
Is travel charged separately?
Travel and logistics are agreed together and priced in the quote, depending on the place and the duration. Giulia comes to Lake Maggiore and works across seventeen European countries. Give her the date, the venue and the kind of painting you have in mind: the reply arrives within 48 hours.
How far ahead should we book?
Several months. June, July and September are the three peak wedding months and their Saturdays go first. At the most sought-after venues on Lake Maggiore, couples often book a year ahead. If your date is close, ask anyway: a slot sometimes opens.
Do you work elsewhere in Europe?
Yes. Giulia works in seventeen European countries: Italy, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Croatia and the United Kingdom. She speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish fluently. Travel and logistics are agreed together and priced in the quote, sent within 48 hours.
Can live painting be arranged for a hotel evening on Lake Maggiore?
Yes. Giulia Dal Bon paints live on Lake Maggiore for hotel evenings, galas, openings and company parties, just as much as for weddings. She sets up her easel in the room, paints as the evening unfolds, and the signed canvas stays with the venue. The painting of a company evening starts at 900 €, a stage performance at 400 €. The piano and painting show, with Orlando at the piano, is priced on request. Tell her the date, the venue and the occasion: the reply arrives within 48 hours.
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