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A mural for your homeMural artist in Saint-Paul-de-Vence for galleries, hotels, restaurants and village houses.
Mural artist in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
In Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, guest houses, workshops, 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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence
| 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.
A mural approach shaped by this place
Saint-Paul has lived on art since Chagall and the Colombe d’Or. The village holds more galleries than ordinary shops, and the visual standard is the highest in the region. The galleries and hotels of the village look for hand-painted work rather than reproduced decoration, and Giulia trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. In the protected zone, an exterior wall needs heritage approval. 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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence. The village has lived with art for decades, from the Maeght Foundation to the galleries in its lanes. Giulia comes to paint your wall, with the colour and life she puts into every mural, and with attention to what the artists of this place have already built here. The mural is defined together. 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.
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Giulia also paints live at weddings: she sets up her easel during the cocktail hour and the painting stays with the couple. From 950 €, see live wedding painting on the French Riviera.
Live painting is available in Saint-Paul-de-Vence too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a festival, an opening, a concert or a wedding, and the painting is yours at the end of the 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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence?
Giulia Dal Bon paints 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.
Can a view of Saint-Paul-de-Vence be painted on a wall?
Yes. A painted view lives first of all on its lines. The fortified village set on its ridge, the Rue Grande with its old doorways, the ramparts and the olive hills around. Giulia Dal Bon works with a brush, on the wall itself. A line-drawn view is 150 € per sqm, the same view fully painted from 250 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Saint-Paul-de-Vence?
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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. The village is built in stone and highly exposed. Exterior work needs careful preparation, and often heritage approval in the protected zone.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Saint-Paul-de-Vence?
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?
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.
Can an old painted decoration be restored in Saint-Paul-de-Vence?
Yes, and the village set the example: the seventeenth-century Chapel of the White Penitents was restored in 2006, then Folon’s drawings were entrusted in 2007 to master glaziers, mosaicists and painters. It was inaugurated on 13 June 2008, his last work. A painter trained at Brera, where she studied restoration, Giulia Dal Bon travels out, tries a test patch and shows you the result before the rest. The rate is the mural rate, with the surface and the height in the quote. The page about restoring a mural or a painted decoration describes how it goes. Free quote within 48 hours.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Murals for hotels and boutiques
Giulia Dal Bon paints murals for hotels, boutiques, showrooms, and hospitality spaces.
Hotel and boutique murals
Murals for children’s bedrooms
Murals for bedrooms, children’s rooms and smaller spaces: a landscape at the foot of the bed, a botanical motif around a window, a painted sky on the ceiling.
Children’s bedroom muralsIdeas for spaces
Depending on the space in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the mural sits on a single panel of wall or covers the whole room: a simple or floral motif for a bedroom, a figurative scene for a living room, painted decor that follows the mouldings, or all four walls in one piece. Giulia draws from the wall she has seen.
Houses and villas
Children’s rooms, kitchens, hallways, entrances, stairwells and ceilings. Example: a farmhouse living room wall of 10 sqm fully painted, around 2 500 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Restaurants, cafes, shops, salons, showrooms, windows and commercial facades. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a gallery display wall of 8 sqm fully painted, around 2 000 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Sea air attacks facades. Giulia applies a salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish, so the colours keep their brightness. 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.
Nearby towns
Nearby places where the mural can take on a different rhythm, scale, or mood.
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-Paul-de-Vence
In Saint-Paul-de-Vence, whether it is 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. She also paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. On the exterior facade and the garden wall, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. She also paints on a mobile panel, when the wall belongs to someone else.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. In a boutique and a shop, the painted window is seen from the street, and the shutter stays painted after closing. 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 reception wall and the corridor. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall you see on the way in, and the one at the far end. A vaulted cellar takes the same paint, right up to the ceiling.
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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence: the ramparts and the olive hills around, the fortified village set on its ridge, the Rue Grande with its old doorways. 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 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
Galleries, hotels and village restaurants look for hand-painted work rather than reproduced decoration. The farmhouses and villas in the hills around ask for interiors and garden walls.
Giulia also travels to La Colle-sur-Loup, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Saint-Jeannet and La Gaude.
Where it can live well
- In a farmhouse, a villa or a village house, 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.
- For a gallery, a hotel, a restaurant or a shop, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the display wall, the shop window and the reception. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Vence, Nice, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Mougins and Cannes.
- Display walls and reception areas for galleries, painted by hand rather than reproduced. From 150 € per sqm.
- Facades and garden walls, subject to heritage approval in the protected zone. Free quote within 48h.