A motion picture camera in 1915 captured France's most famous artists in short vignettes that expose their everyday lives. Clips posted together recently by Open Culture show the artists both at work and promenading around Paris in their twilight years.

Degas is shown in his 80s strolling in a dapper hat near his last home on Boulevard de Clichy. He died in 1917. Another clip has Monet, at age 74, out in his Giverny garden painting waterlilies en plein air.

Chisel in hand, Rodin is busy at work in the Hotel Biron where he had a studio and home. A 74-year-old Renoir is caught at his easel, with son Claude assisting him, as he paints despite the pain of severe rheumatoid arthritis. He is at home in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, and his sadness over his wife's recent death is evident.

Called Ceux de Chez Nous, or “Those of Our Land,” the film was made by Sacha Guitry at the outbreak of World War I to document France's artistic greatness.