Charles A. Riley II

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Charles A. Riley ll is an American author who writes on the arts and a college professor. He is the former director of the Nassau County Museum of Art and a professor at Clarkson University. [1] Riley is the aurhor of thirty nine books. [1] [2]

Riley was born and raised in Manhasset, Long Island, New York. [3] He is a graduate of Princeton University. [4]

Riley served from 2017 until 2023 as the director of the Nassau County Museum of Art. [5] [6]

Among Riley's volumes is the Art of Peter Max , [7] The Jazz Age in France, [8] High-access Home [9] How the Jazz Age Reinvented Modernism (University of Chicago Press), [10] and Arthur Carter. [11]

RIley is currently a professor at the Beacon Institute of Clarkson University.

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  5. Cascone, Sarah (September 28, 2023). "The Nassau County Museum of Art Has Abruptly—and Mysteriously—Ditched Its Director, Prompting Calls for His Reinstatement". Artnet News.
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  7. https://www.amazon.com/Art-Peter-Max-Charles-Riley/dp/0810932709
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  9. Mclaughlin, Lisa (April 17, 2000). "In Brief: Apr. 17, 2000". Time via content.time.com.
  10. Riley, Charles A. Free as Gods: How the Jazz Age Reinvented Modernism. University Press of New England via University of Chicago Press.
  11. "Arthur Carter by Charles A. Riley | Used | 9780810905955 | World of Books".