Victoria Daily Times, May 26 1951
| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
He traveled to southern France to study grape cultivation, and for his health, and also traveled to Africa. He had exhibitions of his work in London, Chicago, and New York as well as in Vancouver. Savery immigrated to Canada in 1924, where he married Margaret Henderson in Toronto in June 1930. They had two sons: Robert James Savery was born in Hamilton, Ontario on December 4, 1931, and died in Courtenay on September 5, 1990. Maynard St. John Savery was born in New Westminster on December 29, 1934 and died in Keremeos on January 29, 2018.
After coming to B.C. he exhibited his work in a number of the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, from 1936 to 1941, 1943, 1944, and in 1946. He was living in Duncan in 1941 where he was teaching school, and Victoria in 1944, but a later exhibition entry form showed him living in New Westminster.
A letter of support dated April 1937 that Savery wrote to A. Savell Grigsby at the Vancouver Art Gallery noted that he had had a solo exhibition "in the east some years ago." In 1937 he and his first wife were living at 31 Dufferin, New Westminster.
Savery had a solo exhibition of his bird and animal illustrations at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1936. The letterhead of his cover letter to the Gallery for the exhibition noted that Savery was a Landscape Architect, specializing in landscape design and garden architecture.
In 1941 he was employed as an Instructor of art and applied arts for the B.C. Department of Education, he was teaching at Duncan.
He also exhibited his work in the 1945 British Columbia At Work exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
A 1951 article for Savery's exhibition at the Provincial Museum noted that he had been the "cover artist for "Rod and Gun in Canada"" for the past three years, in addition to illustrating articles by himself and others. His work was also published in magazines including The American Home, Color in the Winter Garden, and Colorful Gardens.
Savery was the chief landscape designer with the provincial Department of Public Works in the 1950s and 1960s, and designed the garden and forecourts for the Provincial Museum and Archives in Victoria in the mid-1960s. (info courtesy Dr. Patrick Dunae)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
| 1937 May 18 - 30 | Watercolours of animal & bird life | VAG |
| 1939 May 16 - 28 | Land & Marine Black & Whites (33 dwgs) | VAG |
| 1945 May 1 - 17 | Solo Exhibition | VAG |
| 1951 May 19 - ? | Solo Exhibition | Provincial Museum, Victoria |
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 | VAG B.C. Artists 5th Annual | Industry, Fraser Mills, B.C. |
| 1936 Dec. 8 - 20 | VAG Christmas Black & White Exhibition | Spires - Holy Rosary |
| 1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 6th Annual | Sea Fantasy |
| "Mid Strange Plants Were Weird Creatures" | ||
| 1937 Oct. 20 - 25 | Vernon
B.C. Artists 6th Annual selections (later to Kamloops, Edmonton) |
Sea Fantasy |
| 1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 | VAG B.C. Artists 7th Annual | Evening in the High Hill |
| 1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 | VAG B.C. Artists 8th Annual | Hamadryas |
| 1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 9th Annual | River's Source |
| 1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 | VAG B.C. Artists 10th Annual | Forest Friend |
| M.S. Cornival | ||
| 1942 Nov. 3 - 15 | FCA Red Cross Benefit | (no information available) |
| 1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 | VAG B.C. Artists 12th Annual | The Home of the Great Manitou |
| 1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | The Isle of Cormorants |
| 1945 Nov. 13 - Dec. 2 | Labour Arts Guild B.C. At Work | Welders, B.C. Shipbuilding |
| Commercial Fishers | ||
| 1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 15th Annual | After the Storm |
| Coast Deer |
B.C. ARTISTS' TRIBUTE TO COLIN GRAHAM (refer to AGGV74)
A GUIDE TO SCULPTURE IN VANCOUVER (refer to GSV80)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
1 reference cited for Savery: WWNA above.
PUBLIC ART IN VANCOUVER - ANGELS AMONG LIONS (refer to PAV09)
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)
https://evelazarus.com/tag/robert-savery/
https://aggv.ca/emuseum/people/4155/robert-h-savery;jsessionid=F55C20E63EF8647E62F677B66E758E57/objects
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/savery/265/
http://assets.yukonarchives.ca/Old_Log_Church_Newsletter_2008_Summer.pdf
Robert H. Savery (1902-1980) - An appreciation by Patrick A. Dunae, Victoria, November 2022
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"Exhibit of Animal Art Here Praised"
Vancouver Sun, May 16 1939
"Realism Depicted"
Vancouver Sun, May 17 1939
"The present show will consist of drawings of animals in black and white."
Art Gallery Bulletin, Vol. 6 No. 9, 1939
" ... Among those contibuting paintings and drawings are: ... R.H. Savery ... "
From "Noted Artists Offer Paintings For Red Cross"
Vancouver Province (presumed), November 1942
"In another one-man show at the Gallery, there are brightly painted pictures in a
decorative style by Robert H. Savery, Victoria. In his 22 exhibits the
artist reveals his conception of wild life in different parts of the world."
From "Striking B.C. Scenic Studies Highlight One-man Art Show" by Palette
Vancouver Province, May 10 1942
"Art Show Depicts Wildlife"
The Daily Colonist, May 19 1951
"Fine Work by Victorian On Display at Museum" by John Kyle A.R.C.A.
The Daily Colonist, May 23 1951
"Artist Displays Striking Works Of Wild Animals"
Victoria Daily Times, May 26 1951
"Sunny French Vineyards Gave Artist Inspiration" by Merriman
Victoria Daily Times, June 23 1951
"Fountain Fury Flows"
Montreal Gazette, June 20 1961
Savery obituary
Vancouver Sun, January 23 1980