A Life Bridging Cultures: The Artistic Journey of Carl Haag Carl Haag (1820 - 1915) was born in Erlangen, Bavaria, and died in Oberwesel, Germany. A naturalized British painter and court painter to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, he was trained initially in the academies at Nuremberg and Munich. He practiced first as an illustrator and as an oil painter of portraits and architectural subjects. His early artistic endeavors demonstra…