The villa was co-designed by its first owners, the Romanian sculptor Frederic Storck (1872–1942) and his wife, the painter Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck (1879–1969).

Built between 1920 and 1926, it served as the artist family's seaside residence and creative workshop during the Romanian rule of Southern Dobruja (1913–1940).

[3] During the Romanian era, the "White Town" of Balchik was a fashionable resort for the Bucharest elite and a popular seaside hub for the country's creative community.

The bedchambers and bathrooms had domes interrupted by small round or square openings with glass panes in the oriental style.

In the loggia I painted ideal landscapes, with ships fishing in the harbours, with straight and unusually high cliffs abruptly stopping in the sea, with precipitous roads and virgins in prayer.