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French Riviera
Mural artist in French Riviera
On the French Riviera, 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 on the French Riviera
| 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 shaped for the French Riviera, 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 the French Riviera, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals shaped for the French Riviera
Between 1951 and 1964, along less than a hundred kilometres of coast, four major painters worked on walls: Matisse completed the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, consecrated on 25 June 1951; Picasso painted War and Peace in Vallauris in 1952, more than a hundred square metres across eighteen panels; Cocteau covered the walls of the fishermen’s chapel in Villefranche, inaugurated on 30 June 1957; the Maeght Foundation opened in Saint-Paul-de-Vence on 28 July 1964, the first private art foundation in France. The French Riviera runs from Menton to Saint-Tropez, and Giulia travels it from end to end. She draws the sketch straight onto the photo of your wall, and you give her your opinion. On the French Riviera, Giulia paints for villas with a view, seafront hotels and restaurants, boutiques and seasonal homes. Salt, wind and strong sun: any exterior needs the right primer and a UV-resistant finish. It all starts with a photo of the wall and its measurements: Giulia draws the sketch on top, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to the French Riviera. 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 at weddings in the area: the canvas advances during the cocktail hour and stays with the couple at the end. See live wedding painting.
Giulia also paints live on the French Riviera. 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. See live painting →
The French Riviera in light and air
Here, painting works with pale walls, sharp shadows, and spaces that open outward.
Houses and villas
Children’s rooms, kitchens, hallways, entrances, stairwells and ceilings. Example: a villa bedroom wall of 10 sqm fully painted, around 2 500 €.
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 room of 15 sqm fully painted, around 3 750 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Sea air attacks facades. A salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish keep the colours bright in sun and sea air. 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.
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 on the French Riviera?
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 shaped for the French Riviera?
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 the French Riviera, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place shaped for the French Riviera, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote shaped for the French Riviera cover?
With Giulia Dal Bon, the 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 French Riviera?
In French Riviera, light, botanical designs that hold up against the coast’s strong light. 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.
What subject works well for a mural on the French Riviera?
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 on the French Riviera?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Salt, wind and strong sun. Along the whole coast, exterior work needs the right primer and a UV-resistant finish.
Do I need permission to paint a facade on the French Riviera?
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.
Home and villa murals
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
Each mural is tuned to light, scale, surface, distance, and atmosphere. The mural can stay calm or become a defining presence in the space.
Homes and villas
Seaside homes, terrace villas, bright bedrooms, entry halls, staircases, and walls that can hold colour and keep the room calm.
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
Hotels, restaurants, boutiques, and spas where painting can shape the welcome, guide the eye, and leave a clear visual memory.
A mural made for this place
Other towns on the French Riviera
On the French Riviera, Giulia also paints in Antibes, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Saint-Tropez. Each town has its own page, with its subjects and prices.
Around Monaco and Menton
In Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Giulia paints villas, entrance halls, bedrooms, garden walls and facades facing the sea.
Along the coast
In Antibes and Saint-Tropez, she paints restaurants, hotels, boutiques, covered terraces and entrances.
A mural for each place
In every town on the coast, Giulia draws the sketch on the photo of your wall, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Nearby towns
A few places directly connected to this territory.
Èze · Villefranche-sur-Mer · Saint-Paul-de-Vence · Vence · Mougins · Grasse · Cap-d’Ail · Beausoleil · Monaco · Menton · Nice · Cannes · Antibes · Beaulieu-sur-Mer · Roquebrune-Cap-Martin · Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat · Saint-Tropez
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 on the French Riviera
On the French Riviera, 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. A ceiling is painted like a wall, working overhead. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade and the garden wall, with a protective varnish to finish. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar on the French Riviera, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. For a boutique and a shop, she paints the shop window and the shutter, a front you recognise from down the street. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms. For a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the cabin, changing-room and reception walls. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the waiting room and the corridor leading to it. In an office and a showroom, she paints the reception wall and the meeting rooms. A cellar is painted as well, vault included.
The subject comes from you. Giulia draws a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil. She paints figures and animals, letters signs and lettering by hand, and reproduces a work you love.
Possible subjects on the French Riviera: the bay and the line of the sea, the villages perched above the coast, the umbrella pines, the ochre facades and the citrus gardens. 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 on the French Riviera.
The French Riviera runs from Menton to Saint-Tropez, with villas with a view, hotels, beach restaurants, boutiques and seasonal homes.
Giulia also travels to Monaco, to Menton, to Nice and to Cannes.
On the eastern Riviera she works in Menton, Sainte-Agnès, Gorbio, Peille, Sospel, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco, Beausoleil, Cap-d’Ail, Èze, La Turbie, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Nice, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Vence, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Biot, Valbonne, Mougins, Cannes, Le Cannet, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Théoule-sur-Mer, Grasse, Vallauris, Golfe-Juan, Saint-Raphaël, Fréjus, Sainte-Maxime, Port-Grimaud, Saint-Tropez, Ramatuelle, Gassin, Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Le Lavandou, Bormes-les-Mimosas, Hyères, Toulon, Sanary-sur-Mer, Bandol and Cassis.
Westwards, Giulia travels to Cagnes-sur-Mer, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Villeneuve-Loubet, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Biot, Golfe-Juan, Vallauris, Cannes, Le Cannet, Mougins, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Théoule-sur-Mer, Agay and Saint-Raphaël and Fréjus.
Along the Var coast, Giulia travels to Sainte-Maxime, to Les Issambres, to Port-Grimaud, to Grimaud, to Cogolin, to Gassin, to Ramatuelle, to Saint-Tropez, to La Croix-Valmer, to Cavalaire-sur-Mer, to Rayol-Canadel, to Le Lavandou, to Bormes-les-Mimosas and to Hyères.
Inland, Giulia travels to Vence, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, La Colle-sur-Loup, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Saint-Jeannet, La Gaude, Grasse, Valbonne, Opio, Châteauneuf-Grasse, Le Rouret, Roquefort-les-Pins and Mouans-Sartoux and Pégomas.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a villa, a house, a flat or a second home, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the children’s room, the entrance, the stairwell, the veranda, the pool house and the garden wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a restaurant, a beach bar, a boutique, a spa or a building association, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the lobby, the shop window, the shutter, the covered terrace and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- Each mural is tuned to light, scale, surface, distance, and atmosphere