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Sanremo
Mural artist in Sanremo
In Sanremo, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, flats, hotels, restaurants and on terraces. 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 Sanremo
| 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 Sanremo, 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 Sanremo, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Sanremo
Sanremo lives on its casino, its festival and its flowers. In Sanremo, Giulia paints in hotels, high-ceilinged Liberty-style flats, town-centre shops and the greenhouses of the Riviera dei Fiori. Sea air and sun: exterior work needs a UV-resistant finish, especially on south-facing walls. A photo of the wall and its measurements are all it takes to begin: Giulia draws the sketch on it, then comes to paint on site.
On a wall in Sanremo, Giulia paints what the city shows: the Liberty Casino, the palm trees of Corso Imperatrice, the spiralling Pigna, the flowers of the Riviera dei Fiori, Villa Nobel. As line drawings they fall under the 150 € per sqm rate; fully painted, with colour and shading, from 250 €.
What Giulia brings to Sanremo. 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.
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 in Portofino and Liguria.
What Giulia brings to Sanremo
The Sanremo Casino opened on 14 January 1905 to designs by the French architect Eugène Ferret, in Liberty style: it was built to give foreign guests somewhere indoors on grey days, and became Italy’s first legal gambling house, with the licence taken over from Villa La Sultana in Ospedaletti, which had held it since 1884. Close by, Villa Nobel, bought by Alfred Nobel in 1891 and ready in 1893, keeps frescoed ceilings in its dining rooms and bedrooms.
Sanremo therefore has a tradition of decorated interiors made for welcoming people: painted ceilings, Liberty rooms, villas designed for the passing guest. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the hotels, restaurants, flats and villas of the Riviera dei Fiori, using odourless acrylic colours indoors: business carries on while she works. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Sanremo, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. 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 Sanremo?
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.
How do I get a mural painted in my home in Sanremo?
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 Sanremo, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Sanremo, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Sanremo 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.
What kind of mural works well in Sanremo?
In Sanremo, floral designs, which speak directly to the Riviera dei Fiori, and the ceilings of Liberty-style flats. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. Dusting it down is usually enough. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia flags it before quoting.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Always. You get a sketch mounted on the photo of your wall, to scale, with the quote. You confirm whenever you are ready, and she adjusts the design with you.
Can a view of Sanremo be painted on a wall?
Yes, and the city lends itself to it. The Liberty-style casino opened on 14 January 1905, the palms of the Corso Imperatrice, and the Pigna, the old town spiralling above the harbour. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The rate follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line drawing, 250 € for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Sanremo?
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. For a mural in Sanremo, the possible subjects, room by room, are gathered in the guide What subject to choose for a mural.
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 Sanremo?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Sea air and sun. Exterior work needs a UV-resistant finish, especially on south-facing walls.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Sanremo?
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?
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.
Can an old painted decoration be restored in Sanremo?
Yes. The Russian church of Christ the Saviour, inaugurated on 23 December 1913 to a design by Alexey Shchusev carried out by the engineer Pietro Agosti, regained its colours after a restoration completed in 2019. At villa scale the problem is the same: sun and salt air fade painted ceilings and friezes. Giulia Dal Bon studied restoration at the Brera Academy. She comes to see the decoration on site, reworks a test patch with the brush and shows you the result before carrying on. The rate is the mural rate, with the state of the surface and the height in the quote. The method is described on the page about restoring a mural or a painted decoration. Free quote within 48 hours.
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
Ideas for spaces
The mural can stay very light, become more floral, more vegetal, or more graphic. It depends on what the place truly asks for.
Houses and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, entrances, verandas, ceilings and garden walls. Example: a Liberty-style flat ceiling of 10 sqm in trompe-l’oeil, around 3 500 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, spas, building lobbies and waiting rooms. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a hotel lobby wall of 14 sqm fully painted, around 3 500 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Sea air attacks facades. A salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish keep the colours bright in sun and sea air. 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.
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 Sanremo
In Sanremo, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, she 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. 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. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Sanremo, the painted wall is visible from every table. 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 wall you look at while you wait. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the waiting room and the corridor leading to it. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall you see on the way in, and the one at the far end. A cellar is painted as well, vault included.
Possible subjects in Sanremo: the Liberty Casino, the palm trees of Corso Imperatrice, the spiralling Pigna, the flowers of the Riviera dei Fiori, Villa Nobel. 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 Sanremo, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
Sanremo lives on its casino, its festival and its flowers: hotels, Liberty-style flats, town shops and the greenhouses of the Riviera dei Fiori.
Giulia also travels to Ospedaletti, Taggia, Cervo, San Bartolomeo al Mare, Diano Marina, Imperia, Andora and Laigueglia.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a flat, a house or a villa, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance, the stairwell, the veranda and the ceiling. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a restaurant, a bar, a shop or a hair salon, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the shutter and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- The mural can stay very light, become more floral, more vegetal, or more graphic