You don't need GIMP for what you want.@wizardfromoz
We need someone with some GIMP skills to remove the white background or at least make it transparent.
1. Download the desktop image with that magician.
2. Open it in any image editor and crop it, so that the only image left is nothing else but the magician.
3. Upload it to www.tineye.com and wait for the results. Sort them by largest image.
4. The very first image is one with transparent background.

