Dutch Boy Paint

Dutch Boy
Product type Paint
Owner Sherwin-Williams (1980)
Country U.S.
Introduced 1907 (1907)
Markets U.S.
Previous owners National Lead Company (1907-1980)
Website dutchboy.com

The Dutch Boy Group is a paint manufacturing company currently headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded circa 1891 and later in 1907 acquired by the National Lead Company, the Dutch Boy Paints brand is currently a subsidiary of the Consumer Group division of the Sherwin-Williams Company, which acquired it in 1980, two years after the CPSC's directive banning on the manufacturing of lead housepaint went into effect.[1]


Logo/Trademark

Original painting done for the National Lead Company and used as the logo.

Dutch Boy uses a little Dutch Boy as its logo and trademark. The boy was painted by Lawrence Carmichael Earle and modeled after an Irish-American boy who lived near the artist.[2]

Products

References

  1. Jorgensen, Janice (1994). Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands: Durable goods. the University of Michigan: St. James Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781558623354. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  2. Don Bryant (2010). "Dutch Boy Painter". The Grand Rapids Public Museum. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

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