For some time Patek attended painting courses given by the famous Swiss painter and engraver Alexandre Calame.
He also published several volumes of poetry, as well as a volume entitled Écrivains nationaux (1874, republished 1889), and biographies of the pietist Alexandre Vinet (1875), of the poet Juste Olivier (1879) and of the artist Alexandre Calame (1883).
Alexandre Dumas | Alexandre Benois | Alexandre Guilmant | Alexandre Yersin | Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis | Alexandre Pires | Alexandre Herculano | Alexandre Dumas, fils | Alexandre Barbera-Ivanoff | Alexandre-Antonin Taché | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois | Alexandre Michon | Alexandre Lenoir | Alexandre Koyré | Alexandre Calame | Alexandre-Athenase Noghès | Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny | Pierre-Alexandre Aveline | Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron | Henri-Alexandre Wallon | Alexandre Vinet | Alexandre Tharaud | Alexandre Silva Cleyton | Alexandre Pato's | Alexandre Pato | Alexandre Millerand | Alexandre Massura | Alexandre Marine | Alexandre Luigini |