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Bergamo
Mural artist in Bergamo
In Bergamo, 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 Bergamo
| 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 Bergamo, 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 Bergamo, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Bergamo
Bergamo reads on two levels. The Città Alta, inside its Venetian walls, lives on tourism and shops, with stone facades and strict rules in the protected zone. The lower town has flats and offices with no particular constraints. On the plain, Giulia paints outdoors on a dry wall and in mild weather. To start, a photo of the wall and its measurements are enough: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it, then comes to paint on site.
Bergamo gives a wall its own subjects: the Città Alta and its Venetian walls, Piazza Vecchia, the Colleoni Chapel and its marbles, the funicular, the roofs seen from the hill. Drawn in line they are 150 € per sqm; painted in colour and volume, 250 €.
What Giulia brings to Bergamo. 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. She paints with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors, and Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work. 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 Bergamo
In the Colleoni Chapel, in the Città Alta, Giambattista Tiepolo painted between 1732 and 1733. In 1732 he signed the four virtues in the pendentives of the dome, Charity, Fortitude, Justice and Faith, along with the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew and Saint Mark the Evangelist in the choir lunettes. In 1733 he added the Stories of the Baptist: the preaching to the crowds, the baptism of Christ, the beheading. The date and the signature are written into the stucco of one of the lunettes.
In Bergamo, painted decoration is therefore read high up, on vaults and in lunettes, where the light shifts with the hour. That is exactly the question a house ceiling or a restaurant vault raises today: how to bring life to a surface looked at from below. Giulia Dal Bon paints with a brush, using odourless acrylic colours indoors, in the flats, offices and shops of the lower town as well as the Città Alta. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Live painting is available in Bergamo 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 →
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 Bergamo?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price is per 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 do I commission a mural in Bergamo?
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 Bergamo, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Bergamo, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Bergamo include the materials?
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 Bergamo?
In Bergamo, restrained designs in the Città Alta, a protected zone, and freer ones in the lower town. 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 Bergamo be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The Città Alta within its Venetian walls, the Piazza Vecchia, the Colleoni Chapel where Tiepolo painted between 1732 and 1733, and the plain below. Giulia Dal Bon works with a brush, on the wall itself. A line-drawn view is 150 € per sqm, the same view fully painted from 250 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Bergamo?
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 Bergamo?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. The Lombard plain freezes in winter and gets very hot in summer. All year round, Giulia also paints outdoors, on a dry wall and in mild weather. For a facade in Bergamo, the paint, the wall preparation and how long it lasts are explained in the mural paint and durability guide.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Bergamo?
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?
An acrylic mural by Giulia Dal Bon 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.
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
Ideas for spaces
Here the mural can stay essential or move toward something more figurative. What matters is always the gesture, the light, and the scale of the wall in the space.
Houses and villas
Children’s rooms, kitchens, hallways, entrances, stairwells and ceilings. Example: a stairwell of 12 sqm fully painted, around 3 000 €.
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 restaurant wall of 12 sqm fully painted, around 3 000 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Fog, frost and pollution soil facades. Washing and a fixative are needed before painting. 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 Bergamo
In Bergamo, 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. The same work applies to the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling is painted the same way, from the scaffold. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade and the garden wall, with a protective varnish to finish. She also paints on a mobile panel, when the wall belongs to someone else.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Bergamo, the painted wall is visible from every table. In a boutique and a shop, the painted window is seen from the street, and the shutter stays painted after closing. In a hotel and a B&B, the painted wall gives each room its own subject. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the walls of the cabins and of the main room. For a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the entrance and the waiting area. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall you see on the way in, and the one at the far end. A cellar is painted as well, vault included.
In Città Alta, Città Bassa, Borgo Santa Caterina and Borgo Palazzo, send her a photo of the wall: she draws the sketch onto it, you give her your opinion, and she adjusts.
Possible subjects in Bergamo: the Città Alta and its Venetian walls, Piazza Vecchia, the Colleoni Chapel and its marbles, the funicular, the roofs seen from the hill. 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 Bergamo.
Bergamo reads on two levels: the walled Città Alta with its tourist shops, and the lower town with its flats and offices.
Giulia also travels to Pavia, Brescia, Lodi, Cremona, Saronno, Varese, Gallarate and Busto Arsizio.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a flat or a house, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance, the stairwell, the hallway and the ceiling. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a shop, a restaurant, a bar, a hotel or an office, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the shutter and the reception. Free quote within 48h.
- Here the mural can stay essential or move toward something more figurative