Atmospheric work as we are used to from Savrij. The expensive and heavy Italian frame makes it difficult to ship. Transportation without frame is possible. Savrij was a son from the first marriage of the painter and manufacturer Martinus Savrij and Pietertje van Duijnen. He married Wilhelmina Cornelia Bauer on November 20, 1861 in The Hague. Three children were born from their marriage. Their son Henri Savrij, like his father and grandfather, became a painter. Savrij was trained as an art painter at the city drawing academy in Haarlem. His sister Cornelia Johanna also became a painter. He, like his brother-in-law Willem Frederik Weidner, was taught by his father. After his training, he concentrated on painting portraits and especially landscapes. Well-known are his paintings of polder landscapes with cattle. He was a member of the artists' association “Arti et Amicitiae” in Amsterdam and secretary of “Kunst Zij Ons Doel” in Haarlem. His work was exhibited several times outside the Netherlands, for example in Brussels and in Philadelphia. Work by Savrij can be found in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Haags Gemeentemuseum, the Westfries Museum in Hoorn and in the collection of the Instituut Collectie Nederland.