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Toulouse
Mural artist in Toulouse
In Toulouse, 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 48h, two complimentary sketches: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in Toulouse
| 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 Toulouse, 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 Toulouse, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Toulouse
Toulouse is a city of brick: the fronts, the courtyards and the vaults are made of it, and the late afternoon light turns them from pink to orange. The centre, from the Capitole to the Carmes, lines up town houses built around inner courtyards and apartments with high ceilings. Across the Garonne, Saint-Cyprien keeps lower houses and workshops; les Chalets and les Minimes have brick buildings with front gardens. Requests come from apartments in the centre, houses in the outer districts, restaurants and shops.
Toulouse was built by a colour. From the middle of the fifteenth century the countryside around the city grew Isatis tinctoria: the leaves were crushed and rolled into balls left to dry, the coques, which gave the land of Cockaigne its name. In the sixteenth century the region was the first in Europe to produce and export this blue, sought after by royal courts to dye their cloth. The merchants who lived on it built dozens of town houses: Jean de Bernuy his own in 1503, Pierre d’Assézat his around 1555, to plans by Nicolas Bachelier. Those town houses still stand: the Hôtel d’Assézat holds a museum and its courtyard is open to visitors. Blue and brick have remained the mark of the city.
A city that owes its fortune to a pigment lends itself to mural painting. Giulia Dal Bon paints here with a brush, in brick apartments, houses in the outer districts, restaurants, hotels and shops, using odourless acrylic indoors, and takes the warm south-western light into account when she chooses her tones. From €150 per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
The subjects come from the city itself: the woad blue and the Isatis flower, the pink brick of the fronts and courtyards, the Toulouse violet, the Garonne and the Pont-Neuf, the octagonal bell tower of Saint-Sernin
.What Giulia brings to Toulouse. 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 Toulouse. 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 →
Toulouse, brick walls and high ceilings
Here a mural works with brick facades, inner courtyards and the tall rooms of town houses.
Homes and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, corridors, entrance halls, stairwells and ceilings in brick 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
Toulouse brick is porous, so the surface is prepared with care. Exteriors are painted in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls, and the summer sun and the autan wind set 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 Toulouse?
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 Toulouse?
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 Toulouse, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Toulouse, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Toulouse 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 Toulouse?
In Toulouse, apartments in old town houses, with their high ceilings and brick walls, suit botanical motifs, figurative subjects and trompe-l'oeil perspective. Everything is painted 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 Toulouse be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it holds up well on a large wall. Place du Capitole with its brick and stone front, the octagonal bell tower of Saint-Sernin, the Pont-Neuf over the Garonne, the round-tiled roofs. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The rate follows the technique: €150 per sqm as a line drawing, €250 for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48h.
What subject works well for a mural in Toulouse?
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 Toulouse?
Yes, with the surface preparation Giulia Dal Bon carries out and paints made for outdoor walls. Summers are hot and dry and the autan wind blows hard: an exterior needs a clean surface and a paint that holds up in the sun.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Toulouse?
For an indoor wall, you are free. For a facade visible from the street, you need the owner's or the freeholder's agreement and a notice to the town hall: much of the centre is a protected heritage area. Giulia tells you 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 Toulouse, 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 Toulouse?
Yes. Giulia Dal Bon studied restoration at the Brera Academy, and Toulouse has plenty to offer: in the chapelle des Carmélites, whose first stone was laid in 1622 and whose building was finished in 1643, the wooden vault and the walls are painted from end to end — Jean-Pierre Rivalz set out the scheme and painted Charity, Faith, Silence and Contemplation near the choir, then Jean-Baptiste Despax completed the ceilings in the following century. 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 Toulouse, 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 Toulouse
In Toulouse, 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 Toulouse, 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 Capitole, the Carmes, Saint-Cyprien and Saint-Aubin.
Possible subjects in Toulouse: the woad blue and the Isatis flower, the pink brick of the fronts and courtyards, the Toulouse violet, the Garonne and the Pont-Neuf, the octagonal bell tower of Saint-Sernin. A trompe-l'oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky on the 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 Toulouse, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
The Capitole and the Carmes line up town houses around inner courtyards, while Saint-Cyprien, across the Garonne, keeps its low houses and its workshops.
Giulia also travels to Blagnac, Colomiers, Tournefeuille, Balma, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Castanet-Tolosan, L’Union, Cugnaux, Saint-Orens-de-Gameville and Muret.
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