Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna 1931, Tarsila akaenda kuSoviet Union. Ari ikoko, akaratidzira mabasa ake muMoscow paMuseum of Occidental Art, uye akaenda kune mamwe maguta akasiyana-siyana uye mamiziyamu. Urombo nenhamo zvavanhu vokuRussia zvakamubata zvikuru, sezvinoratidzwa mumufananidzo wake "Vashandi (Operarios) " (1933). Pakudzokera kwake kuBrazil muna 1932, akabatanidzwa muSão Paulo
Kumukira kweBumbiro reMitemo kurwisana nehurumende yeudzvinyiriri muBrazil, yaitungamirirwa naGetúlio Vargas. Pamwe chete navamwe vaionekwa savapanduki vokuruboshwe, akaiswa mutorongo kwemwedzi mumwe nemhaka yokuti nzendo dzake dzakamuratidza kuva mutsigiri wechiKomonisiti.