{"id":7795,"date":"2026-08-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=7795"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:00:00","slug":"monumental-joyful-murals-by-ella-pitr-fill-urban-rooftops-and-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=7795","title":{"rendered":"Monumental Joyful Murals by Ella &amp; Pitr Fill Urban Rooftops and Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-8-e1785768010553.jpg\" alt=\"Monumental Joyful Murals by Ella &amp; Pitr Fill Urban Rooftops and Fields\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Known for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/ella-and-pitr\">monumental murals<\/a>, which span entire public squares, rooftops, playing fields, and more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellapitr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ella &amp; Pitr<\/a> bring eccentric joy to urban spaces. The artists often represent people from historically marginalized groups, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2017\/09\/a-massive-mural-by-ella-pitr-depicts-a-refugee-seeking-passage-in-france\/\">refugees<\/a> and the elderly. Sometimes laughing, other times sleeping or passing the time in quietude, these giant figures curl around fountains and wedge into parking areas in an expression of joy, resilience, and individuality.<\/p>\n<p>The duo are slated for an exhibition at <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanroze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Galerie Jonathan Roze<\/a> in Rennes, France, titled <em>Points de Suspension.<\/em> Explore more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellapitr\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-5-e1785768072615.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a large mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on the ground of a small courtyard in a neighborhood featuring a cartoonish laughing figure with a tree that looks like hair\" class=\"wp-image-476404\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-3.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a large mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on the ground of a public square featuring a cartoonish pair of laughing figures\" class=\"wp-image-476402\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-9.jpg\" alt=\"a mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on a wall featuring two cartoonish figures, one laughing\" class=\"wp-image-476408\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-2.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a large mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on the ground of a public square featuring two cartoonish figures in an embrace\" class=\"wp-image-476401\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-1.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a large mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on the ground of a public square featuring a cartoonish pair of laughing figures\" class=\"wp-image-476400\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-6.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a large mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on the ground of a public square featuring a cartoonish sleeping figure\" class=\"wp-image-476405\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-7.jpg\" alt=\"a mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on a wall featuring two cartoonish figures, very large and looking down at a very small dancing figure without clothes on\" class=\"wp-image-476406\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-4.jpg\" alt=\"an aerial view of a large mural by Ella &amp; Pitr on the ground of a public square featuring a cartoonish sleeping figure\" class=\"wp-image-476403\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/08\/ella-pitr-monumental-urban-murals-street-art\/\">Monumental Joyful Murals by Ella &amp; Pitr Fill Urban Rooftops and Fields<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known for their monumental murals, which span entire public squares, rooftops, playing fields, and more, Ella &amp; Pitr bring eccentric joy to urban spaces. The artists often represent people from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}