Liu Guandao

Liu Guandao or Liu Kuan-tao (; 1258 1336), courtesy name Zhong Xian , and worked as one of the "very few" court artists at the Yuan court. In 1279, Liu was praised for his painting of Emperor Kublai Khan's son Zhenjin and was promoted to "Commissioner of the Imperial Wardrobe Bureau"; One of Liu's more famous works, Kublai Khan Hunting is housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. The museum writes of the painting, "the figures are meticulously rendered and the animals are all life-like in a naturalistic scene". Liu's depiction of Kublai Khan also confirms Marco Polo account of the ruler as an "aging and obese man".

A hand scroll titled Whiling Away the Summer was erroneously believed to be a Song-era work by Liu Songnian until 1935, when its owner Wu Hufan discovered "a tiny signature" belonging to Liu Guandao. Liu Guandao also painted a number of landscapes in the style of Guo Xi. which is after his death in 1336. A profile of Liu Guandao by the New York art gallery Kaikodo hails his figure painting as "truly the brushwork of an immortal".