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Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Mural artist in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in apartments, houses, hotels, restaurants and shops. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per sqm. 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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
| 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 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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye sits between the brick and stone castle, the Grande Terrasse above the Seine and the forest. Giulia Dal Bon paints a living-room wall in a house with a garden, a bedroom ceiling, a conservatory open to the trees or the back wall of a shop on rue de Poissy, in colours taken from the light of the plateau.
In 1914 Maurice Denis bought Le Prieuré, the former royal hospital of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and decided to give its abandoned chapel back to worship. From 1915 to 1928 he painted its walls himself, designed the stained glass and the furnishings, and entrusted the restoration of the building to the architect Auguste Perret.
Denis painted for one precise place, with its walls, its light and its uses. Giulia Dal Bon works the same way in Saint-Germain-en-Laye: she looks at the room, the height, the morning light, then draws a sketch straight onto the photo of the wall.
Around the castle in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the old buildings have thick walls and deep windows, and the light comes late into the rooms facing the street: Giulia Dal Bon chooses pale colours there, which hold the wall as the day fades. In Bel-Air and towards Fourqueux, the garden houses offer tall gables and conservatories, and the scheme can then run from one wall to the next. Below, towards Le Pecq, the Seine is in view, and the river gives the subject.
Rue de Poissy, rue au Pain and the market streets of Saint-Germain-en-Laye hold cafés and food shops whose room is visible from the pavement: a mural at the back stands in for a sign. Giulia Dal Bon also paints landings in apartment buildings, waiting rooms and children's bedrooms, where she draws the forest, the deer and the long rides. For a garden wall she prepares the surface and paints in quartz paint.
The subjects come from the city itself: the Grande Terrasse and the bend of the Seine, the forest and its rides, the brick and stone castle, the roofs of the old centre, a family portrait, a botanical motif for a bedroom
.What Giulia brings to Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 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.
Giulia also paints live in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. For a wedding, a concert, a festival 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. For a wedding, see live wedding painting in the Paris region.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the terrace and the forest
Here a mural works with garden houses, conservatories and the tall rooms of the old centre.
Homes and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, corridors, entrance halls, stairwells and ceilings in Saint-Germain houses. Example: a botanical motif in a bedroom, from 150 € per sqm.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Restaurants, cafés, shops, showrooms, storefronts and wine cellars open to the public. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. From €150 per m².
Facades and exterior walls
Garden walls, courtyard walls and gables are painted in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls, on a dry wall and in mild weather.
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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price is per 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 does it work to have a wall painted in Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Saint-Germain-en-Laye cover?
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.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Yes. Before any agreement, Giulia shows you the sketch on a photo of your wall, with a detailed price. Two free sketches are proposed to you before you confirm, and she adjusts them with you.
What kind of mural works well in Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
The houses of Saint-Germain-en-Laye call for more than a small motif: a forest painted along a whole living-room wall, a sky on the ceiling, a false window on a blind wall, a leafy frieze in a child’s bedroom. With a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The wall stays intact. Acrylic bonds to a painted or plastered wall, which keeps its finish and needs only a light preparation. And if you change your mind in ten years, a roller of paint covers it.
Can a view of Saint-Germain-en-Laye be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it holds up well on a large wall. The Grande Terrasse with the Seine below, the castle and its brick, the forest rides, the roofs of the old centre. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm as a line drawing, 250 € for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
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. If you are still choosing the subject of your mural in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the guide What subject to choose for a mural reviews the options 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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
Yes. On a garden wall, a courtyard wall or a gable in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Giulia Dal Bon prepares the surface, waits for a dry wall and mild weather, then paints in quartz paint, made for facades. On a busy street, anti-pollution varnish can be added.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
For an indoor wall you are free. For a facade visible from the street, you need the agreement of the owner or the co-owners, and a prior declaration at the Saint-Germain-en-Laye town hall: the old centre lies within the protected area around the castle. Giulia explains the steps before she starts.
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 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. In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, on a façade exposed to traffic, Giulia can also propose an anti-pollution paint, which turns part of the nitrogen oxides under daylight. The option is priced in the quote.
Can an old painted scheme be restored in Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
Yes. Giulia Dal Bon studied restoration at the Brera Academy, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye offers the example with the chapel of Le Prieuré, given back to worship and then kept with its paintings and its stained glass. On a private scheme she cleans, consolidates and repaints only what is missing, after a test on a sample area.
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
Ideas for spaces
Here the mural can work through color, landscape, figuration, or a simpler painterly motif. What matters is the calm force of the gesture.
Homes and villas
Apartments, bedrooms, corridors, staircases, and ceilings where a mural can bring depth and presence while keeping their sobriety.
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
Restaurants, hotels, boutiques, and studios where painting can deepen the tone of the place and support the welcome.
A mural made for this place
Nearby towns
From Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the mural can open toward these nearby places.
Paris · Lyon · Marseille · French Riviera · Milan · Liguria · Toulouse · Île-de-France · Neuilly-sur-Seine · Boulogne-Billancourt · Versailles · Auvers-sur-Oise · Vincennes
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 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, for a private client, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. The same work applies to the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade and the garden wall, with a protective varnish to finish. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the room stays open while she paints: the acrylic is odourless. For a boutique and a shop, she paints the window, the shutter and the back wall. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms. 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 takes the same paint, right up to the ceiling.
From the centre around the castle to Bel-Air, from the Grande Terrasse to the edge of the forest, Giulia paints all over Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Possible subjects in Saint-Germain-en-Laye: the Grande Terrasse and the bend of the Seine, the forest and its rides, the brick and stone castle, the roofs of the old centre, a family portrait, a botanical motif for a bedroom.
A mural is also called a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall, a wall decoration. People say mural decoration, decorative painting, trompe-l’oeil, hand-painted wall, drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall: in every case someone paints the wall by hand, layer after layer. In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye brings together the castle and its terrace, the streets of the old centre and the garden houses of Bel-Air, between the Seine and the forest.
Giulia also travels to Le Pecq, Le Vésinet, Chatou, Croissy-sur-Seine, Marly-le-Roi, Fourqueux, Chambourcy, Mareil-Marly and Poissy.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a flat or a house, Giulia paints the hall, the stairwell, the living room, the bedroom, the corridor and the ceiling. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a historic cafe, a restaurant, a shop, an office or a practice, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the reception and the waiting room. Free quote within 48h.
- Here the mural can work through color, landscape, figuration, or a simpler painterly motif