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Lake Maggiore
Mural artist on Lake Maggiore
On Lake Maggiore, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, holiday homes, hotels and restaurants. 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 Lake Maggiore
| 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 on Lake Maggiore, 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 on Lake Maggiore, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals on Lake Maggiore
At the Rocca di Angera, the Sala di Giustizia holds a fresco cycle painted at the end of the thirteenth century, one of the oldest secular decorations in northern Italy: scenes set in three registers, topped by an astrological band and resting on a velarium painted in trompe-l’oeil. The Borromeo family bought the fortress in 1449. Lake Maggiore shares its shores between Piedmont, Lombardy and Switzerland, with Stresa, Verbania, the Borromean Islands and the villages of the eastern shore. On Lake Maggiore, Giulia paints for lakeside hotels, guesthouses and second homes. Lake humidity is constant, and Giulia paints outdoors all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather. A photo of the wall and its measurements are all it takes to begin: Giulia draws the sketch on it, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to Lake Maggiore. 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 on Lake Maggiore. For a wedding in a lakeside villa, a reception or a birthday, 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 on Lake Maggiore?
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 do I get a mural painted in my home on Lake Maggiore?
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 on Lake Maggiore, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place on Lake Maggiore, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural on Lake Maggiore include?
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.
What kind of mural works well on Lake Maggiore?
In Lake Maggiore, botanical designs inspired by the gardens of the Borromean Islands. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
Giulia paints on the existing plaster after a simple clean. If the wall is cracked or damp, she says so before the quote and explains what needs fixing. An acrylic mural can be painted over later like any wall paint.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Yes, always. Giulia sends a digital sketch laid over the photo of your wall, with a detailed quote. The first two sketches are free, and she adjusts them with you.
What subject works well for a mural on Lake Maggiore?
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. For a mural on Lake Maggiore, 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?
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 Lake Maggiore?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade on Lake Maggiore?
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
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
Ideas for spaces
The mural can be light, landscape-led, vegetal, or more graphic. What matters is the right distance between the wall, the light, and the panorama.
Houses and villas
Bedrooms, living rooms, stairwells, entrances, hallways and ceilings. Example: a living room wall of 10 sqm in a simple motif, around 1 500 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Restaurant rooms, hotel bedroom walls, shop windows, shutters, lobbies and offices. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a lakeside hotel dining room wall of 14 sqm fully painted, around 3 500 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Lake humidity is constant. The wall is treated first, then Giulia paints in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. 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.
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 Lake Maggiore
On Lake Maggiore, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, she 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. Outside, on the exterior facade and the garden wall, she works in quartz paint. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar on Lake Maggiore, the room stays open while she paints: the acrylic is odourless. In a boutique and a shop, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints reception, the stairwell and the bedrooms. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the waiting room and the corridor leading to it. For an office and a showroom, she paints reception, the corridor and the meeting room. A vaulted cellar is painted too, from the wall to the vault.
A wall can carry a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, lettering, a painted sign. A ceiling takes a sky. A perspective trompe-l’oeil opens a window or a corridor on a solid wall. Giulia also paints figures and animals, and reproduces a work on request.
Possible subjects on Lake Maggiore: the Borromean Islands and their terraced gardens, the pastel facades along the water, the Rocca di Angera above the lake. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
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. On Lake Maggiore, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
Lake Maggiore shares its shores between Piedmont, Lombardy and Switzerland: lakeside hotels, island gardens, guesthouses.
Giulia also travels to Piedmont, to Turin, to Milan and to Lake Como.
She also works in Stresa, Verbania, Baveno, Pallanza, Intra, Arona, Angera, Cannobio, Cannero Riviera, Ghiffa, Belgirate, Lesa, Meina, Laveno-Mombello, Luino, Maccagno, Ispra, Sesto Calende, Isola Bella, Isola Madre, Isola dei Pescatori and Locarno.
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 entrance, the staircase, the veranda and the garden wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a lakeside hotel, a guesthouse, a restaurant or a shop, Giulia paints the bedroom wall, the reception, the dining room and the covered terrace. Free quote within 48h.
- The mural can be light, landscape-led, vegetal, or more graphic