A Life Between Two Shores Gérard Jacobs lived a life shaped by the shifting borders of Belgium and the Netherlands. Born in Antwerp in 1865, he received his formal training at the Academy of Antwerp, an education that provided the foundation for a career defined by observation. While his roots remained in Belgium, the upheaval of the First World War prompted a significant change in his geography. In 1914, he moved to Vlissingen, Nether…