#Paul d'Estournelles de Constant

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Paul d'Estournelles de Constant wasa French diplomat and politician, advocate of #international #arbitration and winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Peace. He advocated the elimination of colonial seats in the French parliament, preferring a policy of establishing protectorates to the traditional republican programme of colonial assimilation. In particular, he violently opposed the establishment of French colonial rule in #madagascar 🇲🇬  and the Great Powers' #dismemberment of #china 🇨🇳.   Above all, though, Estournelles de Constant dedicated himself to the cause of improving international relations, and he was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration from 1900. He represented France at both Hague Peace Conferences (1898 and 1907), and outlined a vision of a European union. Estournelles de Constant wrote historical and political works and even dabbled in playwriting. In addition, he was a regular contributor to the newspapers Le Temps, La Revue de Paris, and La Revue des deux mondes. Married to an American, Daisy Sedgwick Berend, he also travelled extensively in and wrote about the #unitedstates 🇺🇸🗽 . (à Amphithéâtre Paul d'Estournelles de Constant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRsCV8kLJkW/?utm_medium=tumblr

#international #arbitration #madagascar #dismemberment #china #unitedstates

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant for Peace 1907. Painted by Tim Tompkins PaintHistory.com/. http://www.gangalib.org/ #portrait #portraiture #nobelprize #historical #museum #library #washingtondc #peaceprize #portrait #portraiture #nobelprize #historical #museum #library #washingtondc #peace#art #artist #artistic #artwork #artistsontumblr #portraits #familyportrait #portraitpainting #portraitures #painting #paint #paintings #nobel prize #nobelprize #LivingHistory #painthistory #painthistorystudio #timtompkinsartist