Lawrence Carmichael Earle (November 11, 1845 – 1921) was an American painter. Born in

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, Lawrence lived in

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as a child for 11 or 12 years (from 1856 until about 1868), when he left for formal art instruction. In 1897, he was elected into the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ...

as an Associate Academician. He returned to Grand Rapids in 1909, living there until his death in 1921.

He painted the ''Dutch Boy Painter'' in 1907, currently used as the logo for

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s, which itself is currently owned by

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