Tuxens Villa "Dagminne"

History:

The building history of the farm begins in 1831, when miller Søren Pedersen Møller bought the side house located west of her farm from the widow of beaching commissioner Johan Henrich Møller (Toldergården, Tuxens Alle 10).

However, this did not take place until 1833, when Søren Pedersen Møller had "erected a dwelling house on a site where a house had not previously stood, partly from new materials and partly from the house that had been partly demolished".

From 1847 to 1884 the house was owned by the merchant Bendsen and later his widow Maren Louise Bendsen - hence the name Madam Bendsen's House.

Madame Bendsen's Farm

In the summer of 1880-90, the painter Viggo Johansen (1851-1935), his wife Martha (cousin of Anna Ancher (1859-1935) and their many children rented Madam Bendsen's farm. Here he painted the two well-known pictures: "Kitchen interior, the artist's wife arranging flowers, 1884″, Martha seen from behind in Madam Bendsen's kitchen and "The artist's wife outside their residence in Skagen, 1880″, where Martha is sitting and reading by one of Madam Bendsen's farm's pergolas facing the field.

From 1891-94, P. S. Krøyer (1851-1909) and his wife Marie rented one of the lounges in Madam Bendsen's three-length farm, and set up a studio in the attic and cosy living quarters for the newlyweds on the ground floor.

Tuxen bought the house in 1901.

The architect Thorvald Jørgensen is given the task of converting Madam Bendsens Gård into a studio and summer residence for the whole family, first and foremost for his two daughters Yvonne and Nina, who already come to Denmark permanently in 1901.

Tuxens historie

Laurits Regner Tuxen (1853-1927) kom første gang til Skagen i 1870 – på studierejse under sin 4-5 års uddannelse på Kunstakademiet i København 1867-72.

Han videre uddanner sig i Paris sammen med bl.a. sin ven P. S. Krøyer i perioden 1875-78.

Ursule de Baisieux
Laurits Tuxen gifter sig som 33 årig i 1886 med Charlotte Pauline Ursule de Baisieux, som er født i Belgien 1862. De bosætter sig i Paris, hvor deres ældste datter Paula fødes i 1887.

I 1890´erne flytter de til Bruxelles, hvor de bliver forældre til yderligere 3 piger: Elsa født 1892, Yvonne født 1894 og Nina født 1898.

Datteren Elsa (Sasa) dør af tuberkulose kun 4 år gammel i 1896.

Ursule er ulykkeligvis smittet med tuberkulose. Smitten er indkapslet. I 1899 bryder tuberkulosen ud som sygdom og Ursule dør af sin sygdom i august 1899.

Kun 2 dage efter sin hustrus død mister Laurits sin ældste datter Paula på 12 år. Hun dør af hjernebetændelse efter en infektion med mæslingevirus.

Nu er Laurits enkemand med de 2 yngste døtre Yvonne på 5 og Nina på 2 år.

Hans 2 døtre Yvonne og Nina bliver passet på svigerforældrenes Charles de Baisieux (1833-1925) og Olympe ( 1838-1900) født van Calsters landejendom i Rebecq, Belgien.

Frederikks Koës Treschow
Laurits Tuxen tager til Danmark og ved årsskiftet 1901 møder han Frederikke Koës Treschow (1856-1946), som er datter af Godsejer Michael Treschow (1814-1901) og Frederikke (1818-97) født Koës Brøndsted, Fritzøehus, Larvik, Norge.

Laurits er 47 år, mens Frederikke er 45 år og ugift og de beslutter at dele deres liv sammen og allerede i januar 1901 er de på udkig efter en sommerbolig og atelier i Skagen. Laurits ønsker at male og deltage i det sociale liv med sine kunstnervenner fra ungdommen.

I sommeren 1901 bliver Laurits og Frederikke gift og Laurits 2 børn med sin afdøde kone Ursule, Yvonne på 7 år og Nina på 3 år flytter til Danmark, hvor Frederikke overtager mor rollen for de 2 piger.

The history of Tuxen

Laurits Regner Tuxen (1853-1927) first came to Skagen in 1870 - on a study trip during his 4-5 years of study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen 1867-72.

He continued his education in Paris together with his friend P. S. Krøyer in the period 1875-78.

Ursule de Baisieux

Laurits Tuxen married Charlotte Pauline Ursule de Baisieux, born in Belgium in 1862, at the age of 33 in 1886. They settle in Paris, where their eldest daughter Paula is born in 1887.

In the 1890s they move to Brussels, where they become the parents of 3 more girls: Elsa born 1892, Yvonne born 1894 and Nina born 1898.

The daughter Elsa (Sasa) dies of tuberculosis at the age of 4 in 1896.

Ursule is unfortunately infected with tuberculosis. The infection is encapsulated. In 1899 tuberculosis breaks out as a disease and Ursule dies of her illness in August 1899.

Only 2 days after his wife's death, Laurits loses his eldest daughter Paula, aged 12. She dies of encephalitis after an infection with measles virus.

Laurits is now a widower with two youngest daughters, Yvonne aged 5 and Nina aged 2.

His two daughters Yvonne and Nina are cared for on the estate of Charles de Baisieux (1833-1925) and Olympe (1838-1900), née van Calster, in Rebecq, Belgium.

Frederikks Koës Treschow

Laurits Tuxen goes to Denmark and at the turn of 1901 he meets Frederikke Koës Treschow (1856-1946), daughter of landowner Michael Treschow (1814-1901) and Frederikke (1818-97) née Koës Brøndsted, Fritzøehus, Larvik, Norway.

Laurits is 47, while Frederikke is 45 and unmarried and they decide to share their life together and already in January 1901 they are looking for a summer residence and studio in Skagen. Laurits wants to paint and participate in the social life with his artist friends from his youth.

In the summer of 1901 Laurits and Frederikke get married and Laurits' two children with his late wife Ursule, Yvonne aged 7 and Nina aged 3 move to Denmark, where Frederikke takes over the mother role for the two girls.

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