The Schumanns

by Bencasso B

Title

The Schumanns

Artist

Bencasso B

Medium

Drawing - Pastel And Charcoal

Description

This tender pastel rendering of Robert and Clara Schumann by Bencasso B glows with a spectral softness that speaks to legacy love and longing. The couple stands close yet almost dissolves into the pale wash of the background their presence more memory than portrait. Robert in a muted brown suit and Clara in a soft turquoise gown radiate both intimacy and distance as if preserved in time through the fog of music and memory.

Created as part of the Brahms series this image appears in a music video accompanying the Piano Quartet no 3 in C minor Opus 60 performed by the Rilke Quartet with pianist John Chernoff. Premiering in February 2022 across three platforms—Rilke Music channel Bencasso Barnesquiat art channel and the personal channel of Benjamin Barnes—the video blends animated charcoal and pastel drawings with footage of Buena Vista Park and the Upper Haight in San Francisco. The visual narrative traces the emotional terrain of the music while honoring the profound personal and artistic connections between Brahms and the Schumanns.

Bencasso B’s portrayal is not a literal depiction but a deeply emotional one where fragility and resilience are suspended in chalky color and blurred line. It becomes a quiet meditation on love shared and endured creativity held between two lives and the echoes that linger long after the music fades.

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January 12th, 2022

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