Person Open DS/UK/15301 Blacker; Thetis (13 December 1927-18 December 2006); English painter and contralto singer Blacker Thetis 13 December 1927-18 December 2006 English painter and contralto singer Female (cisgender) Ann Thetis Blacker Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, England (born)

British Music | Vocals | Contralto Art | Painter White No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of Carlos Paton Blacker (psychiatrist) Granddaughter of Carlos Blacker (friend of Oscar Wilde) Heterosexual Thetis Blacker was an English painter and singer. She was noted for her richly coloured pictures, especially using the batik wax-resist fabric dyeing process. Blacker intended to be a singer and studied with the German mezzo-soprano singer Elena Gerhardt in London. She appeared in the chorus at Glyndebourne opera in the 1950s and sang the role of "Mother Goose" in The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky. When her singing career was cut short by vocal issues in the mid-1950s, Blacker turned her focus to painting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetis_Blacker (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 4/17/2014 RAHAKirkbride 7/19/2023 7f693b6d-ff19-47a6-a740-d4f66508fd1e