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Normandy
Mural Artist in Normandy
In Normandy, 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 Normandy
| 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 designed for Normandy, 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 designed for Normandy, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals designed for Normandy
In November 1872 Monet opened his hotel window on the Grand Quai in Le Havre and painted the port waking up. Shown in Paris in 1874, the canvas prompted the critic Louis Leroy to write a mocking piece titled The Exhibition of the Impressionists: the movement took its name from a Normandy window. Born along the Seine between Paris and the Norman coast, Impressionism remains today one of the pillars of the region’s tourist appeal, and the most recognised pictorial movement in the Western world. The D-Day beaches, with 94 memorial sites, 44 museums and 21 memorials, candidates for UNESCO World Heritage status, represent Normandy’s leading tourism theme and a central element of its regional identity. In Normandy, Giulia paints for half-timbered houses, coastal villas, historic hotels and restaurants. Giulia travels easily to Normandy to paint: you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, so you see the mural in place before she travels.
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 Normandy. 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 →
Cities in Normandy
The region’s cities to link straight away to this territory.
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 Normandy?
The rate is per square metre: €150 for a line drawing or a simple motif, €250 for a fully painted subject, €350 for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural designed for Normandy?
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 designed for Normandy, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place designed for Normandy, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural designed for Normandy include the materials?
Giulia Dal Bon’s 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.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Normandy, 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 Normandy 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 Normandy?
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.
What subject works well for a mural in Normandy?
In half-timbered houses and Belle Époque-style villas, a discreet botanical or marine motif fits well with the region’s uneven walls. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. For a wall in Normandy, 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?
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 in Normandy?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the Atlantic climate, often damp and windy. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Normandy?
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?
Painted in acrylic by Giulia Dal Bon, a 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.
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 rooms and the storefront. €150 to €350 per sqm depending on the technique.
Hotel and boutique murals
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 Normandy
In Normandy, whether it is a villa, an apartment or a second home, she paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling is painted like a wall, working overhead. 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 restaurant in Normandy, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. In a boutique, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. For a hotel, she paints the entrance hall and the rooms, one by one. For an office, she paints reception, the corridor and the meeting room.
As for the subject, Giulia draws what you want to see on that particular wall: a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil, figures, animals, lettering or a painted sign. She also reproduces an existing work. Two sketches come to you before the first brushstroke.
Possible subjects in Normandy: the cliffs and the harbours, the half-timbered houses, the light of the estuary Monet painted at Le Havre in 1872. 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. In Normandy, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
Impressionism, born along the Seine between Paris and the Norman coast, remains today one of the pillars of the region’s tourist appeal.
Giulia also travels to Caen, to Deauville, to Honfleur and to Rouen.
She also works in Le Havre, Étretat, Trouville-sur-Mer, Cabourg, Houlgate, Villers-sur-Mer, Bayeux, Dieppe, Fécamp, Granville, Cherbourg, Saint-Lô, Coutances, Avranches, Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Lisieux, Pont-Audemer, Les Andelys, Vernon, Évreux, Alençon, Falaise, Veules-les-Roses and Varengeville-sur-Mer.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a home, a villa, an apartment or a second home, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance, the stairwell and the veranda. From €150 per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a restaurant or a boutique, she paints the dining room wall, the lobby, the storefront and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- Every mural is calibrated to the light, scale, surface and mood of the place.