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Mural Artist in Basel
In Basel, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in flats, offices, practices, hotels and restaurants. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 200 CHF per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
Contact Giulia
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The price of a mural in Basel
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 200 CHF/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 330 CHF/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 460 CHF/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 Basel, 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 Basel, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Basel
In 1661 the city of Basel bought the Amerbach art cabinet for nine thousand reichsthalers, as it was about to leave for Amsterdam. It became the first municipally owned public art collection in the world: some fifty paintings, fifteen of them by Hans Holbein the Younger. Basel, on the Rhine at the border between Switzerland, France and Germany, is a city of collectors and art institutions. The Bruderholz district is known for its villas, while the Altstadt keeps the city’s historic fabric. Giulia paints in Basel for residences, villas and professional spaces.
What Giulia brings to Basel. 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.
What Giulia brings to Basel
The Fondation Beyeler opened in Riehen, on the edge of Basel, on 18 October 1997: Renzo Piano built, in about three years, a low, quiet building for the collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, a museum made to serve art. Since then more than six and a half million visitors have walked through those rooms, where the light comes from the roof.
Basel is therefore a city that has thought carefully about how light falls on a painting. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the flats of the centre and Kleinbasel, in offices, practices and restaurants, using odourless acrylic colours indoors, and chooses her tones from the real light of the room. From 200 CHF per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Basel, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a company evening, a conference, an opening or a wedding. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. From 950 € for a wedding, from 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. See live painting →
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 Basel?
The rate is per square metre: 200 CHF for a line drawing or a simple motif, 330 CHF for a fully painted subject, 460 CHF for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How does it work to have a wall painted in Basel?
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 200 CHF per sqm in Basel, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Basel, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Basel cover?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches and the protective varnish as a finish. While she paints, you tell her what you think, and she adjusts. 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 Basel, 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 Basel 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 Basel 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 Basel?
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 Basel be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The glazed tiles of the cathedral above the Rhine, the ferries that cross the river on the current alone, and the facades of the old town. Giulia Dal Bon works with a brush, on the wall itself. A line-drawn view is 200 CHF per sqm, the same view fully painted from 330 CHF. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Basel?
In Basel, the Bruderholz villas and city-centre apartments lend themselves to botanical motifs, figurative subjects or a perspective trompe l’oeil. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
Two gestures, two finishes. The spray can gives a fast, graphic line. The brush lays colour down layer after layer, which opens up gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil: the mural becomes a painting on the wall. In Basel, Giulia Dal Bon works with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors, and the place stays open while she paints. The choice comes down to the finish you are after.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A muralist, a mural artist or a decorative painter. In Basel, Giulia Dal Bon paints by hand with a brush, from apartments to façades: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and also paints on walls. The same searches go through wall mural, hand-painted wall or wall art. Send a photo of your wall, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Basel?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Basel?
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 historic centre 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 Basel, 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 muralsOther cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
Milan · Paris · Zurich · Amsterdam · Strasbourg
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Riehen, Bettingen, Binningen, Allschwil, Muttenz, Birsfelden, Münchenstein, Pratteln, Arlesheim and Reinach.
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 Basel
In Basel, Giulia 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. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade, with a protective varnish to finish. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
The venues that welcome her in Basel range from apartment to boutique, with hotel in between.
In Altstadt, Bruderholz and Gundeldingen, you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, then you shape the idea together.
The subject comes from you. Giulia draws a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil. She paints figures and animals, letters signs and lettering by hand, and reproduces a work you love.
Possible subjects in Basel: the facades of the old town, the glazed tiles of the cathedral above the Rhine, the ferries that cross the river on the current alone. A trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif and a painted sky work just as well.
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 Basel, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
Bruderholz is known for its villas, while the Altstadt keeps the historic fabric of Basel, a city of collectors on the Rhine.
Giulia also travels throughout Switzerland.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a period apartment, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From 200 CHF per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel or a boutique, Giulia paints the reception wall, the storefront and the lounge. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels throughout Switzerland.