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Rouen
Mural Artist in Rouen
In Rouen, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, flats, 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 Rouen
| 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 in Rouen, 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 Rouen, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Rouen
Rouen’s historic centre, spared by the bombings of the Second World War, remains the most authentic and representative quarter of the city’s architecture, with around two thousand half-timbered houses and narrow, cobbled streets. At its heart stands Notre-Dame Cathedral, a Gothic building constructed from the 12th to the 16th century and France’s tallest cathedral, with its spire reaching 151 metres, immortalised by Claude Monet in a series of thirty paintings. In Rouen, Giulia paints for homes, shops and venues in the centre. Giulia travels easily to Rouen 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 to Rouen. 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. She paints with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors, and Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work. 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 Rouen
Between 1892 and 1894 Monet painted thirty canvases of the cathedral facade, almost all of them from the window of an empty flat at 31 Place de la Cathédrale, on the corner of Rue du Gros-Horloge. The same wall, thirty times, for the changing light alone.
Rouen is therefore the city where a painter looked at the same wall for two years. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the half-timbered flats of the centre, the hotels, the restaurants and the shops, using odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint on facades. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Live painting is available in Rouen too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a wedding, a birthday or a company evening, and the painting is yours at the end of the evening. 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 Rouen?
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 get a mural painted in my home in Rouen?
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 in Rouen, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Rouen, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Rouen 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.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Rouen, 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 Rouen 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. The questions to ask before entrusting a wall in Rouen are gathered in the guide Who to hire to have a wall painted.
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 Rouen?
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 Rouen be painted on a wall?
Yes. Three or four landmarks are enough to recognise it. The cathedral facade Monet painted thirty times between 1892 and 1894, the Gros-Horloge under its arch, and the half-timbered houses of the centre. Giulia Dal Bon draws them, then paints them, by hand. The line alone falls under 150 € per sqm, the painted version under 250 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Rouen?
In half-timbered houses in the historic centre or shops on rue Damiette, a discreet botanical motif or a simple trompe l’oeil fit well with the uneven walls typical of the town. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
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 Rouen?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the Atlantic climate. Outdoors, Giulia paints all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Rouen?
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: many half-timbered houses in the historic centre are 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?
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
Facades and exteriors
For exterior walls and facades in the historic centre.
Facade and exterior muralsOther cities in Normandy
Giulia also works in these other cities of the region.
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Dieppe, Falaise, Fécamp, Granville, Houlgate, Le Havre, Le Mont-Saint-Michel and Les Andelys.
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 Rouen
In Rouen, whether it is an apartment, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. The same work applies to the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. 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 shop in Rouen, the painted window is seen from the street, stays painted after closing. For an office, she paints reception, the corridor and the meeting room.
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 in Rouen: the half-timbered houses of the centre, the cathedral facade Monet painted thirty times between 1892 and 1894, the Gros-Horloge under its arch. Alongside these, a trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky remain possible.
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 Rouen.
Notre-Dame Cathedral, France’s tallest cathedral with its spire reaching 151 metres, was immortalised by Claude Monet in a series of thirty paintings.
Giulia also travels across the whole of Normandy.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a home or an apartment, she paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From €150 per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a shop or a venue, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the storefront and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels across the whole of Normandy.