Gilbert V. Lipton

Gilbert Victor Lipton (son of Bernard and Lillian Lipton of Stamford, CT) died peacefully in his home in Rancho Mirage, California with his wife and partner of 62 years Miranda and their daughter, Shana by his side.

To all who knew and loved him, Gil was witty, funny and boundlessly creative. After taking classes at New York’s Art Students’ League, he began a career as an art director in the ‘50s. He worked for top global ad agencies like J. Walter Thompson in London - where he and his wife lived for many years -  ultimately welcoming a daughter there. Culturally curious and cosmopolitan, he had a stint in Dusseldorf, Germany - where he worked on the award-winning Volkswagen campaign.

Gil was also an antiquities dealer and would proudly tell anyone whose ear he could bend about the African mask he sold to the British Museum.

He and his family eventually settled in Los Angeles, California - and made the golden state their permanent home. But he remained a ‘New England boy’ at heart - with his fondest memories having been of his childhood in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Catch-and-release fly fishing was as big of a passion for him as art. And he found a way to fuse both into his ‘fish paintings.’ He was also known for his nostalgic paintings of the places and people he cherished - like his beloved Uncle Leonard. Gil crafted bronze wall hangings too; some of which ended up on the sets of TV shows like LA Law.

A zealous raconteur, he loved to make people laugh. He once cracked everybody up at the Beverly Hills courthouse during jury duty, getting the attention of an agent who recruited him for her voice acting workshop (he had a beautiful singing voice too).

In his later years, one of his New England landscape paintings was featured in a show at the renowned Robert Miller gallery in New York.

Gil is survived by his wife Miranda and daughter Shana (Tom).

He was laid to rest in his beloved Barrington.