The views of designs are commonly superior to those of their productions. A feud over the art of silk against Blas Molner

Abstract

 Blas Molner, born in Valencia and settled in Seville, Spain, developed a successful multifaceted career as a sculptor, architect of altarpieces and instructor at the Real Escuela de las Tres Nobles Artes (Royal Academy of the Three Noble Arts). Between the times of Baroque and Neoclassical art styles, he put an interesting stylistic duality into practice depending whether he was undertaking official commissions —in which he followed academic guidelines— or particular, when he stood by traditional forms. In 1789 he created an ephemeral architectural production for the appointment of King Carlos IV in the Sevillian enclave of Santa María de Gracia for the labour union of the silk artists. As he was not paid as stipulated in the contract, he claimed for damages in court. The aforementioned guild took legal action in his support for several years in a mirrored symptomatic example of professional competence and artistic resistance at the end of the Ancien Regime.