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Ravello
Mural artist in Ravello
In Ravello, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, flats, hotels, restaurants and boutiques. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 400 € 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 Ravello
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 400 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 600 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 800 €/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 Ravello, 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 Ravello, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Ravello
Ravello holds two historic villas dating from the 13th century, Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone, with panoramic gardens over the Gulf of Salerno. Villa Rufolo, of Arab-Byzantine inspiration, hosts the Ravello Festival every year, born from the atmosphere that inspired Wagner’s Parsifal. In Ravello, Giulia paints the walls of private villas, historic hotels, and shops. To start, a photo of the wall and its measurements are enough: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to Ravello. 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 Ravello
On 26 May 1880 Richard Wagner visited Villa Rufolo and wrote in the guest book of the Pensione Palumbo: “Klingsor’s magic garden is found”. The second act of Parsifal had found its setting among the exotic flowers and the medieval walls. A little further on, Ernest William Beckett transformed Villa Cimbrone in the early twentieth century and opened the Terrace of Infinity onto the sea.
Ravello is therefore a village where a composer recognised in a garden the scenery he was looking for, and wrote it down with the date. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the villas, the hotels, the terrace restaurants and the houses of the centre, using odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint with an anti-salt varnish on exposed walls. From 400 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Giulia also paints live in Ravello. For a wedding, a private evening or a brand event, 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 in Ravello?
In Ravello the rate reflects a high-standing destination: 400 € per square metre for a line drawing or a simple motif, 600 € for a fully painted subject, 800 € for trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural in Ravello?
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 € per sqm in Ravello, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Ravello, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Ravello 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 Ravello, 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 Ravello 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. To have a wall painted in Ravello, the guide Who to hire to have a wall painted explains the words of the craft and how to choose.
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 Ravello?
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 Ravello be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The terrace of Villa Cimbrone open onto the Gulf of Salerno, the tower and gardens of Villa Rufolo, and the coast dropping sheer below the village. Giulia Dal Bon works with a brush, on the wall itself. A line-drawn view is 400 € per sqm, the same view fully painted from 600 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Ravello?
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 in Ravello?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the coast’s sea air. Giulia paints outdoors all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather: she checks the forecast with you and sets the date.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Ravello?
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: the Amalfi Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is largely 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 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.
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
Other cities
From Ravello, the mural can open toward these places.
Amalfi Coast · Amalfi · Positano · Capri · Naples
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 in Ravello
In Ravello, for a private client, in a villa or an apartment, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. A ceiling is painted like a wall, working overhead. On the exterior facade and the terrace, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
In a restaurant in Ravello, she paints the dining-room wall, and service carries on while she works. For a boutique, she paints the shop window and the shutter, a front you recognise from down the street. For a hotel, she paints the entrance hall and the rooms, one by one. In a spa, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area.
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 Ravello: the coast dropping sheer below the village, the terrace of Villa Cimbrone open onto the Gulf of Salerno, the tower and gardens of Villa Rufolo. And anywhere, a trompe-l’oeil window, botanicals and a painted sky find their place.
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 Ravello.
Ravello holds two historic villas dating from the 13th century, Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone, and hosts the Ravello Festival every year, on the UNESCO-listed Amalfi Coast.
Giulia also travels to Agerola, Anacapri, Atrani, Cetara, Conca dei Marini, Erchie, Furore and Maiori.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a villa or a residence, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the terrace, the entrance and the ceiling. From 400 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a hotel, a restaurant or a boutique, Giulia paints the reception wall, the dining room and the shop window. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Amalfi, Positano, and throughout the Amalfi Coast.