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Mural Artist in Catalonia
In Catalonia, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, villas, hotels, 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 Catalonia
| 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 shaped for Catalonia, 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 shaped for Catalonia, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals shaped for Catalonia
In the Vall de Boí, the church of Sant Climent de Taüll, consecrated in 1123, held the Pantocrator, a masterpiece of Romanesque mural painting. In the early twentieth century the valley’s wall paintings were removed from the walls to save them and transferred to the national museum in Barcelona; the churches have been a UNESCO site since 2000. Catalonia is a land that put its painted walls in a museum.
What Giulia brings. 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.
Giulia also paints live in Catalonia. For a wedding, a concert or a company evening, 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 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. For a wedding, see live wedding painting on the Costa Brava.
Catalonia between Romanesque and Modernisme
Here mural painting runs from the Romanesque Pantocrator to Modernisme mosaics.
Houses and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, entrances, verandas and ceilings in old-town houses and villas. Example: a 10 m² living room wall fully painted, around €2,500.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Hotels, restaurants, bars and shops, often in older buildings with high ceilings. Example: a 15 m² wall fully painted, around €3,750.
Facades and exterior walls
Near the sea salt is a real factor and the sun is strong: exteriors are painted in quartz paint, with anti-salt varnish on request. From €150 per m², plus scaffolding if needed.
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 Catalonia?
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 get a mural painted in my home shaped for Catalonia?
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 shaped for Catalonia, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place shaped for Catalonia, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Can a Catalan landscape be painted on a wall?
Yes. The Sagrada Família and the roofs of Park Güell, the trencadís mosaic Gaudí used all over Barcelona, the grid of the Eixample seen from above, the balconies of Barceloneta, the bay of Cadaqués with its gilded Pau Costa altarpiece, the coves of Cap de Creus. The Pantocrator of Sant Climent de Taüll, consecrated in 1123 and UNESCO-listed since 2000, can be painted too: a Catalan fresco that ended up in a museum. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm as a line drawing, 250 € for a fully painted view.
What does the price of a mural shaped for Catalonia include?
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.
What kind of mural works well in Catalonia?
In old-town houses and villas, a botanical motif, a landscape or a perspective trompe-l’oeil work well on pale render. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. Dusting it down is usually enough. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia flags it before quoting.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Always. You get a sketch mounted on the photo of your wall, to scale, with the quote. You confirm whenever you are ready, and she adjusts the design with you.
What subject works well for a mural in Catalonia?
The subjects that work here: 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?
The craft is called mural painting, and the person who practises it is a muralist, a mural artist or a decorative painter. Giulia Dal Bon comes from the brush rather than the spray can: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints by hand, in Catalonia as elsewhere in Europe. For a mural in Catalonia, a photo of the wall is enough to begin, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Catalonia?
Yes, with surface preparation and quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. The sun is strong and near the sea the air is salty: an anti-salt varnish is added on request. Before having an outdoor wall painted in Catalonia, the mural paint and durability guide answers questions on paint, surface and lifespan.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Catalonia?
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.
Homes and villas
At home, Giulia paints the living room, a bedroom, the entrance or the staircase. Made to measure, from 150 € per sqm.
A mural for your home
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
In a hotel or a boutique, she paints reception, the bedrooms and the shop window. From 150 to 350 € per sqm depending on the technique.
Hotel and boutique murals
Ideas for spaces
The mural can be floral, vegetal, maritime, narrative, or more restrained. What matters most is the relationship between painting, surface, and the way the place is lived.
Homes and villas
Village houses, sea-facing apartments, entryways, staircases, and rooms where color can make the wall feel warmer and more alive.
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
Restaurants, small hotels, boutiques, and places that want atmosphere while keeping the honesty of the material and the light.
A mural made for this place
Other places naturally included in Catalonia
Within this Catalan axis, Girona and Tarragona also belong, with the same continuity of homes, small hotels, entryways, facades and passage spaces where painting meets stone and render.
Girona
Girona belongs here when the mural involves old-town houses, courtyards, hotels and venues along the Onyar.
Tarragona
Tarragona belongs to the same group for houses, hotels, bedrooms and pale walls near the sea.
One continuous coast
The method stays the same across this part of Catalonia: the mural begins from the real surface, the way the wall is seen, the rhythm of the place, and the way people move through it.
Nearby towns
A few places directly connected to this territory.
Barcelona · Cadaqués · Figueres · Sitges · Tossa de Mar
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 Catalonia
In Catalonia, 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 paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell just as readily. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. On the exterior facade and the garden wall, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Catalonia, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. 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 wall you look at while you wait. 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 reception wall and the meeting rooms. A vaulted cellar takes the same paint, right up to the ceiling.
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.
Very different words lead to the same search: mural, wall mural, artistic painting on a wall, wall decoration, mural decoration, decorative painting. Trompe-l’oeil is one form of it, a hand-painted wall and a drawing on a wall are others, and some look for a painting made directly on the wall. Behind those words, one craft in Catalonia: mural artist, muralist, wall artist, decorative painter.
Catalonia runs from Barcelona to the Pyrenees, with art cities, coastlines and valleys where mural painting has a history reaching back to the Romanesque: tall packed houses, trompe-l’oeil painted facades, seafront shops.
Giulia also travels to Barcelona, to Cadaqués, to Figueres and to Sitges.
She also works in Girona, Tarragona, Begur, Calella de Palafrugell, Llafranc, Tamariu, Palamós, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Lloret de Mar, Blanes, Roses, Empuriabrava, L’Escala, Sant Pol de Mar, Vic, Ripoll, La Seu d’Urgell, Puigcerdà, Taüll, Alella and Caldes d’Estrac.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a house, a flat or a villa, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the kitchen, the entrance, the staircase, the courtyard and the exterior wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a restaurant, a bar, an ice cream shop, a shop or a hotel, she paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the shutter and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- The mural can be floral, vegetal, maritime, narrative, or more restrained