Dutch Boy Paint
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| Product type | Paint |
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| Owner | Sherwin-Williams (1980) |
| Country | U.S. |
| Introduced | 1907 |
| Markets | U.S. |
| Previous owners | National Lead Company (1907–1980) |
| Website | dutchboy |
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.[1] Modern Dutch Boy paint is a lead-free acrylic paint.
Trademark
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Dutch Boy uses a stylized Dutch child as its trademark. He was painted by Lawrence Carmichael Earle and modeled after an Irish-American lad who lived near him named Michael Edward Brady.[2]
Products
[edit]- Ceiling paints
- Exterior paints
- Faux finishes
- Interior paints
- Paint samples
- Primers
- Porch and Floor
References
[edit]- ^ Jorgensen, Janice (1994). Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands: Durable goods. the University of Michigan: St. James Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781558623354. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
- ^ Don Bryant (2010). "Dutch Boy Painter". The Grand Rapids Public Museum. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
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