The original MacPaint was developed by Bill Atkinson, a member of Apple's original Macintosh development team.[3] Early development versions of MacPaint were called MacSketch, still retaining part of the name of its roots, LisaSketch.[4] It was later developed by Claris, the software subsidiary of Apple which was formed in 1987. The last version of MacPaint was version 2.0, released in 1988. It was discontinued by Claris in 1998 because of diminishing sales.[5]