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Strasbourg
Mural artist in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in flats, houses, hotels, restaurants and shops. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours and two complimentary sketches: you approve the design before she paints.
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The price of a mural in Strasbourg
| 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 Strasbourg, 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 Strasbourg, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Strasbourg
Strasbourg sets two ways of building side by side. On the Grande Île, the half-timbered houses of the Petite France rise to a gable, with the tanners’ drying lofts under the roof, and the cathedral holds the whole city together in its pink Vosges sandstone. Next to it, the Neustadt lines up late nineteenth-century buildings, wide, high-ceilinged, with painted stairwells and flats the light runs through. Requests come from those flats, from houses across the Eurométropole, from restaurants, winstubs and shops in the centre.
In 1928 three artists took over the inside of an eighteenth-century building on place Kléber and turned it into a single work: Theo van Doesburg, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jean Arp designed the Aubette, its cinema-dance hall, its function room and its café-bar. The idea they defended fits in one line: to place people inside the painting rather than in front of it. It was the first time the theories of the De Stijl movement were applied to entire rooms, walls, ceilings and floors included.
What the Aubette showed still holds: a painted scheme changes a whole room, not just a wall. Giulia Dal Bon works the same way in Neustadt flats, half-timbered houses, winstubs, hotels and shops in the centre. Indoors she paints in odourless acrylic, and the northern light, greyer, pushes her towards clearer tones. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
The subjects come from the city itself: the pink sandstone cathedral and its spire, the timber frames and dormer roofs of the Petite France, the banks of the Ill and the Ponts Couverts, the white stork, the Christmas market held since 1570, the vineyard hills close by
.What Giulia brings to Strasbourg. 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 Strasbourg. 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. See live painting →
Strasbourg, timber frames and high ceilings
Here a mural works with timber-framed houses, painted stairwells and the tall rooms of the Neustadt.
Homes and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, corridors, entrance halls, stairwells and ceilings in Neustadt buildings. 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
Strasbourg sandstone drinks water, so the surface is prepared with care. Exteriors are painted in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls, and the cold damp winter sets the working days.
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 Strasbourg?
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 Strasbourg?
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 Strasbourg, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Strasbourg, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg?
The heights and mouldings of the Neustadt call for more than a small motif: a stairwell painted from bottom to top, a leafy frieze following the cornice, a sky on the ceiling, a false window where the wall is blind. 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 Strasbourg be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it holds up well on a large wall. The pink sandstone cathedral with its single spire, the timber-framed houses of the Petite France, the Ponts Couverts and their towers, the banks of the Ill. 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 Strasbourg?
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 Strasbourg?
Yes. Sandstone and render drink water, and the Alsatian winter is long: Giulia Dal Bon prepares the surface, waits for a dry wall, 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 Strasbourg?
For an interior wall, you are free. For a facade visible from the street, you need the owner’s or the building’s agreement and a declaration to the city: the Grande Île has been a World Heritage site since 1988, and the Neustadt joined it in 2017. Giulia explains the steps 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 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 Strasbourg, 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 Strasbourg?
Yes. Giulia Dal Bon studied restoration at the Brera Academy, and Strasbourg offers the clearest example: the Aubette scheme was covered over and partly destroyed from 1938, ten years after it was made, then given back in two campaigns — the cinema-dance hall in 1994, then the function room, the bar and the staircase in 2006, the year they reopened to the public. 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.
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 Strasbourg, the mural can open toward these nearby places.
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 Strasbourg
In Strasbourg, 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 Strasbourg, 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.
Requests come from the Grande Île, the Petite France, the Neustadt, the Krutenau and the Robertsau.
Possible subjects in Strasbourg: the pink sandstone cathedral and its spire, the timber frames and dormer roofs of the Petite France, the banks of the Ill and the Ponts Couverts, the white stork, the Christmas market held since 1570, the vineyard hills close by. A trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky on a ceiling work just as well.
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 Strasbourg, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
The Grande Île and the Petite France line up timber-framed houses and quays, while the Neustadt keeps its late nineteenth-century buildings, their stairwells and their high ceilings.
Giulia also travels to Schiltigheim, Bischheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Ostwald, Lingolsheim, Hoenheim, Mundolsheim, Oberhausbergen, Eckbolsheim and La Wantzenau.
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