# Dutch Boy Paint

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American paint manufacturer

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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](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio). Founded in 1907 by the [National Lead Company](/source/NL_Industries), the **Dutch Boy Paints** brand is currently a subsidiary of the Consumer Group division of the [Sherwin-Williams Company](/source/Sherwin-Williams), which acquired it in 1980, two years after the [U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission](/source/U.S._Consumer_Product_Safety_Commission)'s directive banning the manufacturing of lead housepaint went into effect.[1] Modern Dutch Boy paint is a lead-free [acrylic paint](/source/Acrylic_paint).

## Trademark

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

Dutch Boy uses a stylized Dutch child as its trademark. He was painted by [Lawrence Carmichael Earle](/source/Lawrence_Carmichael_Earle) and modeled after an [Irish-American](/source/Irish-American) lad who lived near him named Michael Edward Brady.[2]

## Products

- Ceiling paints

- Exterior paints

- Faux finishes

- Interior paints

- Paint samples

- Primers

- Porch and Floor

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jorgensen, Janice (1994). [*Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands: Durable goods*](https://books.google.com/books?id=y10RAQAAMAAJ&q=dutch+boy+sherwin+1980). the University of Michigan: St. James Press. p. 120. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781558623354](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781558623354). Retrieved 2015-03-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Don Bryant (2010). ["Dutch Boy Painter"](http://www.wellswooster.com/earle/dutch_boy_painter.htm). The Grand Rapids Public Museum. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.dutchboy.com/)

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