Introduced 1907 (1907) | Country U.S. Markets U.S. | |
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Previous owners National Lead Company (1907-1980) | ||
The Dutch Boy Group is a paint manufacturing company currently headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1907 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 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's directive banning the manufacturing of lead housepaint went into effect.
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Logo/Trademark
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.
Products
References
Dutch Boy Paint Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA