Liu Guandao

Whiling Away the Summer, handscroll, ink and colours on silk, 30.5 x 71.1 cm, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Liu Guandao or Liu Kuan-tao (simplified Chinese: 刘贯道; traditional Chinese: 劉貫道; pinyin: Liú Guàndào; c. 1258 – 1336), courtesy name Zhong Xian (仲贤),[1] was a Chinese court artist active during the Yuan dynasty. A native of Zhongshan (now Dingxian), Hebei, much of his work is in a realist style, and in 1279 he rose to prominence with a well-received painting of Kublai Khan's son Zhenjin.

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