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Gstaad
Mural Artist in Gstaad
In Gstaad, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in chalets, hotels, spas and restaurants. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 400 CHF 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 Gstaad
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 400 CHF/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 600 CHF/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 800 CHF/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 Gstaad, 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 Gstaad, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Gstaad
Gstaad sits at 1,050 metres altitude, in the Saanenland, in the Bernese Oberland. The village is known for its centuries-old wooden chalets and five-star hotels, set in a highly discreet environment. In Gstaad, Giulia paints for private chalets, palace hotels and residences.
What Giulia brings to Gstaad. 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 covered her work, and her mural of more than twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci stands 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 Gstaad
The Gstaad Palace opened on 8 December 1913: a village schoolteacher, with investors from Lausanne, had the valley’s first luxury hotel built to designs by Adrien van Dorsser and Charles-François Bonjour, with a budget of 2.5 million francs, 165 rooms and 250 beds. In the old core of Saanen, the larch Bernese chalets carry dates and inscriptions from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries carved into their fronts, and their doors are painted by hand.
In Gstaad, decorating the house is therefore a tradition written on wood, chalet after chalet. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the chalets, hotels, spas and restaurants of the Saanenland, using odourless acrylic colours indoors, and chooses tones that hold their own against wood darkened by time. Prestige rate from 400 CHF per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Gstaad, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a mountain wedding, a chalet evening or a company retreat. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. 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 Gstaad?
In Gstaad the rate reflects a high-mountain destination: 400 CHF per square metre for a line drawing or a simple motif, 600 CHF for a fully painted subject, 800 CHF for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural in Gstaad?
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 400 CHF per sqm in Gstaad, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Gstaad, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Gstaad include the materials?
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 Gstaad, 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 Gstaad 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 Gstaad?
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 Gstaad be painted on a wall?
Yes, and the subjects are right there in front of you. The century-old timber chalets of the Saanenland, the snow-covered roofs, the pedestrian main street and the peaks of the Oberland all around. Giulia Dal Bon composes the view for the wall in front of her. As a line drawing, 400 CHF per sqm; painted in colour, 600 CHF per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Gstaad?
In Gstaad, wooden chalets lend themselves to alpine botanical motifs, summit landscapes or a trompe l’oeil that plays with the region’s characteristic dark wood. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. For a wall in Gstaad, the guide What subject to choose for a mural goes through the subjects room by room.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
Spray can and brush give two different results. The brush works in layers, which makes gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil possible: that is why a mural can be looked at like a painting. In Gstaad, Giulia Dal Bon paints by hand, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors. A painting made by hand shows, and it stands out all the more today.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A muralist, or a decorative painter; the word fresco painter exists too, for the old technique. In Gstaad, that is the work of Giulia Dal Bon: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. People also search for it as mural painting, wall mural or hand-painted wall. Send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Gstaad?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the mountain climate. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Gstaad?
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. 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.
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
From Gstaad, a mural can extend towards these places.
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Saanen, Schönried, Saanenmöser, Rougemont, Château-d’Œx, Lauenen, Gsteig, Zweisimmen and Lenk.
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 Gstaad
In Gstaad, whether it is an apartment or a chalet, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the staircase. A ceiling is painted the same way, from the scaffold. On the exterior facade, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.
In a restaurant or a café in Gstaad, the room stays open while she paints: the acrylic is odourless. In a boutique, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. In a hotel, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms.
Subjects range from mountain landscape to reproduction of an artwork, by way of alpine botanical motifs, sky ceiling, perspective trompe l’oeil, motifs tied to wood, stone and figures.
Possible subjects in Gstaad: the pedestrian main street and the peaks of the Oberland all around, the century-old timber chalets of the Saanenland, the snow-covered roofs. 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 Gstaad.
Gstaad sits at 1,050 metres altitude in the Saanenland, in the Bernese Oberland, known for its centuries-old wooden chalets and its great discretion.
Giulia also travels throughout the Bernese Oberland.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a chalet or a residence, she paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the staircase. From 400 CHF per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a boutique or a café, Giulia paints the reception wall, the dining room and the storefront. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels throughout the Bernese Oberland.