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Bellagio
Mural artist in Bellagio
In Bellagio, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, holiday homes, hotels and restaurants. 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 Bellagio
| 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 price is based on the surface and the technique; the quote then takes into account interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed and the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Bellagio, 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 Bellagio, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
A mural approach shaped by this place
Bellagio sits on the headland that splits the lake in two, between the gardens of Villa Melzi, laid out between 1808 and 1810 for the vice-president of Napoleonic Italy, and Villa Serbelloni, given in 1959 to the Rockefeller Foundation, which hosts artists and scholars there. Village houses are tall and narrow, with little room to step back from the wall, and that is the first constraint of any mural here. Alongside them, villas have terraced gardens and the lakefront lines up hotels and guesthouses. Giulia paints all year round, and the date is set with the venue. A photo of the wall and its measurements are all it takes to begin: Giulia draws the sketch on it, then comes to paint on site.
What can be painted in Bellagio comes down to a few images: the point between the two arms of the lake, the gardens of Villa Melzi, the stone stairways between the houses, the oleanders, the moored boats. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line silhouette, 250 € for a fully painted subject.
What Giulia brings to Bellagio. 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 Bellagio
Villa Melzi d’Eril was built between 1808 and 1810 for Francesco Melzi d’Eril, vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, to designs by Giocondo Albertolli. Villa Serbelloni, out on the point, passed in 1959 to the Rockefeller Foundation, which turned it into a study centre. Two houses that shaped the way the tip of the lake is lived in: designed gardens, state rooms, and decoration meant to be seen from the water.
In Bellagio the houses look onto the lake on three sides, and light comes in from three sides: a painted wall here changes through the day. Giulia Dal Bon takes that into account when she chooses her tones. She paints with a brush in the villas, flats, hotels and restaurants of the promontory, with odourless acrylic colours indoors and quartz paint outdoors. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Giulia also paints live in Bellagio. For a wedding in a lakeside villa, a reception or a birthday, she sets up her easel and the painting takes shape in front of your guests, signed and taken home the same evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 400 € for a performance. For a wedding, the reception venues are gathered on the live wedding painting on Lake Como page.
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 Bellagio?
Giulia Dal Bon charges by the square metre: 150 € for a line drawing or a simple motif, 250 € for a fully painted subject, 350 € for trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. A small mural in a bedroom costs less than a facade that needs preparation and scaffolding. The quote is free: see all prices.
How does it work to have a wall painted in Bellagio?
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 Bellagio, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Bellagio, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Bellagio cover?
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.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Yes. Before any agreement, Giulia shows you the sketch on a photo of your wall, with a detailed price. Two free sketches are proposed to you before you confirm, and she adjusts them with you.
What kind of mural works well in Bellagio?
In Bellagio, designs that open up space, because rooms are narrow and there is little room to step back. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The wall stays intact. Acrylic bonds to a painted or plastered wall, which keeps its finish and needs only a light preparation. And if you change your mind in ten years, a roller of paint covers it.
Can a view of Bellagio be painted on a wall?
Yes. What draws the city comes down to a few elements. The point dividing the two arms of the lake, the stairways between the houses, the gardens of Villa Melzi laid out between 1808 and 1810, and the mountains on either side. 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 Bellagio?
The most requested subjects: floral and botanical work for bedrooms and living rooms, landscapes for living spaces and terraces, trompe l’oeil for facades and ceilings. Everything is drawn to measure: Giulia offers two free sketches from your idea, and you refine it together until the subject is yours.
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 Bellagio?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Lake humidity and mild but very damp winters call for surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Bellagio?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you usually need the owner’s or the building association’s approval, and a notice to the town hall if the building is in a protected area. 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?
The murals Giulia Dal Bon paints last 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.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Murals for homes and villas
Custom murals for homes, villas, apartments, living rooms, bedrooms, stairwells, and ceilings.
Home and villa murals
Murals for hotels and boutiques
Giulia Dal Bon paints murals for hotels, boutiques, showrooms, and hospitality spaces.
Hotel and boutique murals
Murals for children’s bedrooms
Murals for bedrooms, children’s rooms and smaller spaces: a landscape at the foot of the bed, a botanical motif around a window, a painted sky on the ceiling.
Children’s bedroom muralsIdeas for spaces
Depending on the space in Bellagio, the mural sits on a single panel of wall or covers the whole room: a simple or floral motif for a bedroom, a figurative scene for a living room, painted decor that follows the mouldings, or all four walls in one piece. Giulia draws from the wall she has seen.
Houses and villas
Children’s rooms, kitchens, hallways, entrances, stairwells and ceilings. Example: a bedroom wall of 8 sqm fully painted, around 2 000 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Restaurants, cafes, shops, salons, showrooms, windows and commercial facades. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a hotel breakfast room of 12 sqm fully painted, around 3 000 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Lake humidity is constant. The wall is treated first, then Giulia paints in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. For a facade visible from the street, the owner’s or the building association’s approval is usually enough, plus a notice to the town hall in a protected zone. From 150 € per sqm, plus scaffolding if needed.
The mural of over 20 metres 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 Bellagio
In Bellagio, for a private client, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. She also paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. On the exterior facade and the garden wall, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Bellagio, the room stays open while she paints: the acrylic is odourless. In a boutique and a shop, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints reception, the stairwell and the bedrooms. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the walls of the cabins and of the main room. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the reception wall and the corridor. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall the teams walk past every day. A cellar is painted too, right down its stairs.
Possible subjects in Bellagio: the point between the two arms of the lake, the gardens of Villa Melzi, the stone stairways between the houses, the oleanders, the moored boats. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
People ask for different things and mean the same one: a mural, a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall. Others say wall decoration, decorative painting, mural decoration. Others again a trompe-l’oeil, a hand-painted wall, a drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall. It is one craft, that of a mural artist, a muralist, a decorative painter, and Giulia does it with a brush in Bellagio.
Bellagio sits on the headland splitting the lake in two: tall narrow village houses, villas with terraced gardens, and lakefront hotels and guesthouses.
Giulia also travels to Griante, Tremezzo, Lenno, Ossuccio, Cadenabbia, Torno, Blevio and Argegno.
Where it can live well
- In a village house, a villa or a flat, she paints the bedroom, the living room, the entrance, the staircase, the veranda and the garden wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a guesthouse, a restaurant or a shop, Giulia paints the bedroom wall, the breakfast room, the reception and the shop window. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Varenna, Como, Menaggio, Milan and Monza.
- Ceilings, stairwells and narrow village rooms, where a painted surface opens up a space that keeps its size. From 150 € per sqm.