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Mural Artist in Barcelona
In Barcelona, 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 Barcelona
| 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
Surface and technique set the price; interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, any scaffolding and the timing are then written into the quote.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Barcelona, 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 Barcelona, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Barcelona
The Eixample, laid out in the mid-19th century by engineer Ildefons Cerdà, is recognisable by its ordered grid of blocks with chamfered corners, designed to let more light and air into the streets. The district is home to Passeig de Gràcia, the grand boulevard of Catalan modernism lined with Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló and La Pedrera, alongside the city’s luxury boutiques. In Barcelona, Giulia paints for period apartments, hotels and boutiques. Giulia travels easily to Barcelona 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.
In Barcelona, a wall can carry the city itself: the Sagrada Família, the rooftops of Parc Güell, the grid of the Eixample, the balconies of the Barceloneta, Gaudí’s trencadís. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line silhouette, 250 € for a fully painted subject.
What Giulia brings to Barcelona. Catalan modernisme left Barcelona a simple idea: decoration is part of the architecture. Giulia works in the same direction, but by hand and made to measure, with the colour and life that mark her work. She loves what the artists here have done, and builds each mural with the person who entrusts it to her. 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 written about her work, and her mural of over twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci can be seen 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 Barcelona 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 Barcelona, from 900 €.
Murals district by district in Barcelona
Murals in the Eixample
Ildefons Cerdà’s grid, with its chamfered corners, its high-ceilinged flats and its street-level shops. Giulia Dal Bon paints ceilings, living-room walls and shopfronts in the Eixample, in odourless acrylic: you keep living or trading there while she works. From 150 € per square metre, quote within 48 hours.
Murals in Gràcia
Neighbourhood squares, low houses, workshops and bars. Giulia paints shop walls, courtyards and children’s rooms in Gràcia.
Wall painting in El Born
Narrow streets, medieval palaces and design shops. Giulia Dal Bon paints entrance halls, vaults and shop walls here. A facade visible from the street needs permission, which she sets out before starting.
Murals in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Houses with gardens and large flats in the upper part of Barcelona. Giulia paints pool walls, pool houses and living-room walls here, in quartz paint outdoors.
Murals in the Barceloneta
Facing the sea, with narrow houses, terraces and beach restaurants. Salt is constant: Giulia Dal Bon paints exteriors here in quartz paint with an anti-salt varnish. 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 Barcelona?
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 Barcelona?
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 Barcelona, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Barcelona, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Barcelona include?
With Giulia Dal Bon, the 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 Barcelona, 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 Barcelona 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 guide Who to hire to have a wall painted helps you prepare your request for a wall in Barcelona.
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 Barcelona?
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 Barcelona be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The Sagrada Família, begun in 1882 and still under construction, the roofs of Park Güell, the grid of the Eixample with its cut corners, the balconies of Barceloneta. Giulia Dal Bon paints all of it with a brush. As a line drawing, the view falls under the 150 € per sqm rate; with colour and shadow, it starts at 250 € per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Barcelona?
In period apartments in the Eixample or boutiques on Passeig de Gràcia, a lush botanical motif or decorative lines inspired by Catalan modernism fit well with the district’s architecture. 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 Barcelona?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the Mediterranean climate. Giulia paints outdoors all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather: she checks the forecast with you and sets the date.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Barcelona?
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 buildings in the Eixample are protected. 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 Barcelona, 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.
Home and villa murals
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
Restaurant and café murals
Facades and exteriors
For exterior walls and facades in the historic centre.
Facade and exterior muralsThe 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 Barcelona
In Barcelona, she paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. On the exterior facade, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
The venues that welcome her in Barcelona range from apartment to boutique, with hotel in between.
In Eixample, Gràcia, El Born, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi and Barceloneta, send her a photo of the wall: she draws the sketch onto it, you give her your opinion, and she adjusts.
As for the subject, Giulia draws what you want to see on that particular wall: a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil, figures, animals, lettering or a painted sign. She also reproduces an existing work. Two sketches come to you before the first brushstroke.
Possible subjects in Barcelona: the balconies of Barceloneta, the Sagrada Família, begun in 1882 and still under construction, the roofs of Park Güell, the grid of the Eixample with its cut corners. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
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 Barcelona, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
The Eixample, laid out by Ildefons Cerdà in the mid-19th century, is home to Passeig de Gràcia, the grand boulevard of Catalan modernism linked to Antoni Gaudí.
Giulia also travels across the whole of Spain.
Where the mural can find its place
- For 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 a boutique, Giulia paints the reception wall, the storefront and the lounge. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels across the whole of Spain.