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 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 contents 1 logo trademark 2 products 3 references 4 external links logo trademark edit 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 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 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dutch boy paint & oldid 733667188 categories paint manufacturerscompanies established in 1907companies based in ohio1907 establishments in ohioamerican brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 10 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view