Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1931, i haere a Tarsila ki te Soviet Union. I a ia i reira, i whakaatuhia e ia ana mahi i Moscow i te Museum of Occidental Art, a ka haere ia ki etahi atu taone nui me nga whare taonga. Ko te rawakore me te raru o nga taangata o Ruhia he tino paanga ki a ia, e kitea ana i tana peita "Nga Kaimahi (Operarios) " (1933). I tona hokinga ki Brazil i te tau 1932, ka uru ia ki te São Paulo
Te whakakeke ture ki te mana whakahaere i Brazil, i arahina e Getúlio Vargas. I te taha o ētahi atu e kiia ana he maui, i herea ia mo te marama kotahi no te mea ko ana haerenga i puta ai ia hei kaitautoko o te Communist.