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Cagnes-sur-Mer
Mural Artist in Cagnes-sur-Mer
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, guest houses, workshops, restaurants 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer
| 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer, 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Renoir spent his last twelve winters at the Domaine des Collettes, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in a house opening onto a large garden of olive, orange and lime trees. He painted there to the end, when illness made holding a brush difficult. The upper village, Haut-de-Cagnes, looks out over the coast. Giulia paints in Cagnes-sur-Mer for villas, houses and venues.
What Giulia brings to Cagnes-sur-Mer. Renoir painted his garden because it was what he had in front of him every day. Giulia works on the same ground: what you look at every day, which is the wall of your own home. She brings vivid colour and her joy to it, and defines the subject together with the person who lives there. 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.
What Giulia brings to Cagnes-sur-Mer
At the Grimaldi castle, built in 1309 by Rainier Grimaldi at the top of the village, the great hall has a ceiling painted entirely in the 1620s with the Fall of Phaethon, a trompe-l’oeil that opens the vault onto the sky. The work was long attributed to Carlone and is now recognised as by the Genoese painter Giulio Benso.
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, then, the painted ceiling is the centrepiece of a building that was a fortress. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the houses of Haut-de-Cagnes, the flats of Cros-de-Cagnes, the hotels, the restaurants and the villas, using odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint with an anti-salt varnish facing the sea. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Giulia also paints live in Cagnes-sur-Mer. For a festival, an opening, a concert or a wedding, 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. 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer?
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 does it work to have a wall painted in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
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 Cagnes-sur-Mer, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Cagnes-sur-Mer, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Cagnes-sur-Mer cover?
With Giulia Dal Bon, the price per square metre 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer, 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer 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. To have a wall painted in Cagnes-sur-Mer, the guide Who to hire to have a wall painted explains the words of the craft and how to choose.
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 Cagnes-sur-Mer?
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 Cagnes-sur-Mer be painted on a wall?
Yes, and the subjects are right there in front of you. Haut-de-Cagnes and its castle at the top, the olive and orange trees of the Domaine des Collettes where Renoir spent his last twelve winters, and the sea 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer?
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, villas and houses lend themselves to Mediterranean botanical motifs, garden landscapes or a trompe l’oeil that opens the wall. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
A graffiti artist works with spray cans, and the line is fast and graphic. Giulia Dal Bon paints with a brush: the layers go on one after another, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil. A mural in Cagnes-sur-Mer becomes a painting made directly on the wall, by hand. While she works, people take the time to watch and take photos.
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. 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Sea air calls for an anti-salt primer and a UV-resistant finish.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
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 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
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.
Paris · Nice · French Riviera · Cadaqués
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 Cagnes-sur-Mer
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, 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 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 apartment and boutique, and in hotel.
Whether your wall is in Haut-de-Cagnes, in Cros-de-Cagnes or in Les Collettes, a photo of it and its dimensions are enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto the photo.
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 Cagnes-sur-Mer: the sea below, haut-de-Cagnes and its castle at the top, the olive and orange trees of the Domaine des Collettes. 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
Renoir spent his last twelve winters at the Domaine des Collettes in Cagnes-sur-Mer, among olive, orange and lime trees.
Giulia also travels throughout the French Riviera.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a period apartment, she 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 throughout the French Riviera.