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Mural Artist in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in flats, hotels, restaurants, offices and shops. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in Amsterdam
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 150 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 250 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 350 €/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The quote starts from the surface and the technique, and spells out what comes on top: interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed, the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Amsterdam, here is what happens next.
A photo of the wall with the sketch
Send me a photo of the wall and I draw a sketch straight onto your photo. You tell me what you think. The first two sketches are free.
The quote
Once the sketch is approved, I send you the quote and we set the date together.
I paint the wall
I come and paint at your place in Amsterdam, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Amsterdam
The Grachtengordel, the canal belt built during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2010, recognised as a masterpiece of urban planning. The most exclusive houses, often built on a double plot with a coach house at the back, stand mainly between the Leidsegracht and the Amstel and were commissioned by the city’s wealthiest families. Several of these houses now hold private museums with Golden Age art collections. In Amsterdam, Giulia paints for historic residences, hotels and offices. Giulia travels easily to Amsterdam to paint: you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, so you see the mural in place before she travels.
What can be painted in Amsterdam comes down to a few images: the ring of canals, the narrow gables leaning over the water, the bridges and the bicycles, the tulips, the hofjes of the Jordaan. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line silhouette, 250 € for a fully painted subject.
What Giulia brings to Amsterdam. Giulia is a painter, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries and also paints on walls. Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work, and her mural of more than twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci stands in Milan. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
Live painting is available in Amsterdam too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a wedding, a concert, a festival or a company evening, and the painting is yours at the end of the evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. See live painting →
For a company evening, Giulia also paints live in front of your guests: corporate live painting in Amsterdam, from 900 €.
Murals district by district in Amsterdam
Murals in the Jordaan
The Jordaan was built during the great city expansion of 1612, as a quarter for workers and immigrants: Protestant Flemings, Spanish and Portuguese Jews, French Huguenots. What remains are the hofjes, those inner courtyards of little houses and quiet gardens. Giulia Dal Bon paints courtyard walls, stairwells and shopfronts in the Jordaan, in odourless acrylic. From 150 € per square metre, free quote within 48 hours.
Murals in De Pijp
De Pijp was built in the nineteenth century to house the overflow of workers from the Jordaan, in narrow townhouses, and it is today the most mixed quarter of Amsterdam. Giulia paints café walls, restaurant rooms and bedrooms here, on surfaces of 6 to 12 m². Service continues while she works.
Wall painting at the NDSM and in Amsterdam-Noord
The NDSM is a former shipyard across the IJ, now the centre of alternative culture in Amsterdam, with its sheds, its containers and its large sheet-metal walls. Giulia Dal Bon paints warehouse facades, workshop walls and metal shutters here. Metal needs preparation, priced in the quote.
Murals in Oud-West
Oud-West lines up its twentieth-century red brick, a world away from the canal houses of central Amsterdam. Giulia paints building lobbies, shop walls and children’s rooms here. Indoors the odourless acrylic keeps the flat liveable while she works.
Murals on the canals and in the Grachtengordel
The canal belt of Amsterdam lines up its narrow gabled houses, with their corridors, their steep stairs and their high ceilings. Giulia Dal Bon paints ceilings, stairwells and trompe l’oeil that extend a room here. As the area is listed, any exterior goes through a declaration. From 150 € per square metre, free quote within 48 hours.
Your questions, before commissioning
A photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and the idea you have in mind are enough to receive a quote.
How much does a mural cost in Amsterdam?
The rate is per square metre: €150 for a line drawing or a simple motif, €250 for a fully painted subject, €350 for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I get a mural painted in my home in Amsterdam?
Write to Giulia Dal Bon on WhatsApp or by email, even if the idea is still vague: she replies within 48 hours. Send her a photo of the wall to be painted, she draws a sketch straight onto your photo, you tell her what you think, and the first two sketches are free. Once the sketch is approved, she sends you the quote, from 150 € per sqm in Amsterdam, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Amsterdam, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Amsterdam include?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price per square metre includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches, corrections during the work and the protective varnish as a finish. Added to the quote, when needed, are the scaffolding for a facade and travel costs, agreed together. The quote is free and arrives within 48 hours; a deposit of about 100 € for materials confirms the date, and the balance is settled at the end.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Amsterdam, who should I contact?
Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She paints murals by brush in homes, bedrooms, bathrooms, on terraces, pool walls and facades, and travels in Amsterdam as she does across Europe. Send her a photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and your idea, however loose: she replies within 48 hours with a quote and a first proposal. The first two sketches are free. The questions to ask before entrusting a wall in Amsterdam are gathered in the guide Who to hire to have a wall painted.
Can I see a design before commissioning the mural?
Always. You receive a sketch set on a photo of your own wall, to scale, together with the quote. The first two sketches are free: Giulia shows the work in progress, you give your opinion, and she adjusts. You confirm when you are ready.
Will a mural damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. In most cases a dusting down is all that is needed before starting. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia points it out before quoting and proposes the preparation required. Indoors she uses an odourless acrylic: a child’s bedroom in use or a restaurant that stays open can both be painted. An acrylic mural can later be painted over like any wall paint, if you change your mind in ten years.
When is the best time to paint a mural in Amsterdam?
All year round. Indoors the odourless acrylic lets the room stay in use while she works, in January as in July. Outdoors she needs a dry wall and a mild temperature. Giulia sets the date with you when she quotes, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves.
Can a view of Amsterdam be painted on a wall?
Yes. Three or four landmarks are enough to recognise it. The Golden Age canal ring, listed by UNESCO in 2010, the narrow gables leaning over the water, the bridges and the bicycles. Giulia Dal Bon paints the scene with a brush, at the scale of the wall: 150 € per sqm as a line drawing, 250 € fully painted. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Amsterdam?
In canal houses, with their high ceilings and narrow walls, a vertical botanical motif or a discreet trompe l’oeil fit well and keep the space light. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
They are two different crafts. A graffiti artist works with spray cans, with a fast gesture and a graphic finish. A brush-painted mural is built layer by layer, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil: it is a painting made directly on the wall. Indoors, Giulia uses odourless acrylic. And while she paints, people take the time to watch: a brush at work is a show in itself. The choice depends on the finish you are after.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist or a decorative painter, and the art itself is called mural painting or wall art. Some come from graffiti and work with spray cans; Giulia Dal Bon comes from painting: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. To have one painted, send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Amsterdam?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the Dutch climate, which is often damp. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Amsterdam?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you generally need the owner’s or building association’s agreement, and a notice to the municipality if the building sits in a protected zone: many houses in the Grachtengordel are protected under UNESCO status. Giulia explains the process before starting.
How long does it take to paint a mural?
It depends on the surface, the level of detail and how easy the wall is to reach. Giulia gives the timing with the quote, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves. The place keeps running while she works: the acrylic is odourless.
How long does a mural last?
An acrylic mural lasts a lifetime indoors: the paint becomes part of the plaster and lives as long as the wall. Outdoors, quartz paint is made for facades, and an anti-salt or anti-pollution varnish extends it further. And if one day you want a change, it can be painted over like any wall paint. In Amsterdam, on a façade exposed to traffic, Giulia can also propose an anti-pollution paint, which turns part of the nitrogen oxides under daylight. The option is priced in the quote.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Homes and villas
A bedroom, a hallway, a staircase: the walls you look at every day.
A mural for your home
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
A mural for your restaurant
Other cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
The 20-metre-plus wall for Gaber and Jannacci, in Milan, in the press
Giulia Dal Bon, trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan.
Where Giulia works in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, she paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway just as readily. A ceiling is painted the same way, from the scaffold. Outside, on the exterior facade, she works in quartz paint. She also paints on a mobile panel, when the wall belongs to someone else.
She paints in venues as different as canal house and office, and in apartment and hotel.
In the Jordaan, along the Grachtengordel, in De Pijp or in Oud-Zuid, a photo of the wall and its dimensions are enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it.
The subject is decided together. A landscape opens up the far end of a room, a floral or botanical motif runs along a wall, a painted sky fills a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil draws a window on a solid wall. Giulia also paints figures, animals, lettering, painted signs, and reproduces an existing work when you ask her to.
Possible subjects in Amsterdam: the bridges and the bicycles, the Golden Age canal ring, listed by UNESCO in 2010, the narrow gables leaning over the water. Alongside these, a trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky remain possible.
The craft goes by several names, and each of them is right about something. Mural and wall mural speak of the wall, wall decoration and mural decoration speak of the room, decorative painting speaks of the gesture, trompe-l’oeil speaks of the effect. A hand-painted wall, a drawing on a wall, a painting made directly on the wall: still the same thing. In Amsterdam, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
The Grachtengordel, the 17th-century canal belt, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2010 and is considered a masterpiece of urban planning.
Giulia also travels across the whole of the Netherlands.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a canal house or an apartment, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From €150 per m², free quote within 48h.
- For a hotel or an office, Giulia paints the reception wall and the meeting room. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels across the whole of the Netherlands.