''The Sock Knitter'' is a

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". * January ...

painting by the Australian artist

Grace Cossington Smith Grace Cossington Smith (20 April 189220 December 1984) was an Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting in Australia and was instrumental in introducing Post-Impressionism to her home country. Examples of her work are held by every ...

. The painting depicts a woman, believed to be the artist's sister, knitting a sock. It was the first work by Cossington Smith to be exhibited and has been "acclaimed as the first post-impressionist painting to be exhibited in Australia." The work was included in the ''Follow the Flag'' exhibition held at the

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...

in 2015. Exhibition material stated that ''The Sock Knitter'' "has come to symbolise Australian women’s contribution to the irst World Wareffort, which included knitting more than 1.3 million pairs of socks". The painting was acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1960.

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''The Sock Knitter''
- Art Gallery of New South Wales 1915 paintings Paintings by Grace Cossington Smith Collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Post-impressionist paintings Portraits by Australian artists {{Australia-stub