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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-acess 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Charles A. Riley II – Asian American / Asian Research Institute". July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Charles A. Riley II, PhD, director of the Nassau County Museum of Art, - The Island Now Top Business Leaders". The Island Now. February 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Nassau County Museum of Art Appoints Charles A. Riley II, Ph.D. as New Director | Hamptons Art HubHamptons Art Hub".
  4. ^ "Princeton University Class Of 79". www.princeton79.org.
  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.
  6. ^ "Charles A. Riley II Named Director Of Nassau Art Museum". August 14, 2017.
  7. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Art-Peter-Max-Charles-Riley/dp/0810932709
  8. ^ "The Jazz Age in France". Goodreads.
  9. ^ Mclaughlin, Lisa (April 17, 2000). "In Brief: Apr. 17, 2000" – 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. ^ https://www.wob.com/en-us/books/charles-a-riley/arthur-carter/9780810905955