A huge Mona Lisa watches over the silos of the old bread factory

2020. Sep. 4. | Community

Mona Lisa

The cityscape of Szeged has been enriched with another masterpiece, this time one of the most famous paintings by the world-famous Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci has come to life in the Muralpaint.hu courtesy of.

The decorator team was contacted by the Dunakor department store, saying that they wanted to make their newly opened store more spectacular and since they were satisfied with their previous work, they turned to them with confidence. The 3 silos, each 20m high, in the yard were the most disturbing factor, with which they definitely wanted to do something. They primarily wanted something spectacular, understandable, recognizable and monumentally feasible. The Mona Lisa is well-known and, according to them, perfection and art jump out at first for everyone, so it was not far from the image of the paint shop.

The final idea came from the head of Ákos Marton, one of the team members, during a joint planning, what if a really well-known painting was considered. The final plans were made by graphic designer Krisztián Wolcsánszky.

mona lisa szeged
mona lisa szeged
mona lisa szeged

The gliders were painted with two-component paint, since they are metal tanks, so other paint was out of the question. Of course, they also went at him with a can at certain points for the sake of the spectacle. The walls were given their final shape with outdoor paint. They primarily worked with a combination of the usual roller, brush and can, but for the needle-sharp lines they also used really fine brushes during painting, since quite a lot of text was painted.

The entire decoration, which roughly means the wall surface facing the entire street and the painting of the 3 silos of 20 meters each, which is 1,700 square meters, was completed in about 3 weeks.

mona lisa szeged

After the work, feedback has been positive so far and they hope the watching eyes will attract more customers to the store.

If you want to see the Mona Lisa in person, then Makkosházi krt in Szeged. and you can do it at the intersection of Agyagos utca.

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