Armando Villagran (Mexican, 1945-1995) Untitled (Figure with Animal), 1991 Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right Canvas: 55"h x 43.5"w, overall (with frame): 56"h x 44"w Born in 1945 in Mexico City and died in 1995, Villagrán was a self-taught artist, a painter, draftsman and illustrator with a neo-figurative style. Villagrán has been considered by the art critics of Mexico as a poetic visual artist; his work has been compared to Paul Klee’s, especially in form, line and color. Villagran is one of the artists who tried to create a universal expression out of regionalisms or ethnicisms.