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Mural Artist in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen, 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 1400 DKK 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 Copenhagen
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 1400 DKK/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 2400 DKK/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 3300 DKK/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 Copenhagen, 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 Copenhagen, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Copenhagen
Indre By is Copenhagen’s historic core, from which the city expanded until the mid-1800s. Frederiksberg, a municipality in its own right, is known for its architecture and tree-lined avenues; Østerbro remains an affluent residential district, and Christianshavn, with its canals, was modelled on Amsterdam. In Copenhagen, Giulia paints the walls of apartments, homes and professional spaces.
What Giulia brings to Copenhagen. 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.
Giulia also paints live in Copenhagen. For a wedding, a concert, a festival 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. See live painting →
For a company evening, Giulia also paints live in front of your guests: corporate live painting in Copenhagen, from 900 €.
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 Copenhagen?
The rate is per square metre: 1 400 DKK for a line drawing or a simple motif, 2 400 DKK for a fully painted subject, 3 300 DKK for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I get a mural painted in my home in Copenhagen?
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 1400 DKK per sqm in Copenhagen, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Copenhagen, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Copenhagen include?
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 Copenhagen, 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 Copenhagen 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.
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 Copenhagen?
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 Copenhagen be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The ochre, red and yellow facades of Nyhavn along the canal, the wooden boats moored in front, and the green spires of the city churches. Giulia Dal Bon paints all of it with a brush. As a line drawing, the view falls under the 1400 DKK per sqm rate; with colour and shadow, it starts at 2400 DKK per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Copenhagen?
In Copenhagen, apartments in the historic districts lend themselves to botanical motifs, figurative subjects or a restrained trompe l’oeil. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. For a mural in Copenhagen, the possible subjects, room by room, are gathered in the guide What subject to choose for a mural.
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 Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. All year round, Giulia also paints outdoors, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Copenhagen?
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 Copenhagen, 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.
A mural for your home
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
A mural for your restaurant
Other cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Frederiksberg, Gentofte, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Hørsholm, Dragør, Rudersdal, Gladsaxe, Tårnby, Helsingør and Roskilde.
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 Copenhagen
In Copenhagen, for a private client, in an apartment, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. The same work applies to the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. Outside, she switches to quartz paint on the exterior facade. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.
In a boutique in Copenhagen, the painted window is seen from the street, stays painted after closing. In a hotel, she paints reception, the stairwell and the bedrooms.
In Indre By, Frederiksberg, Østerbro and Christianshavn, you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, then you shape the idea together.
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 Copenhagen: the green spires of the city churches, the ochre, red and yellow facades of Nyhavn along the canal, the wooden boats moored in front. A trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif and a painted sky work just as well.
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 Copenhagen.
Christianshavn, with its canals, was modelled on Amsterdam, while Frederiksberg is a municipality in its own right within Copenhagen.
Giulia also travels throughout Denmark.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a period apartment, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From 1 400 DKK 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 Denmark.