From his time in Mexico he went to live in Italy, presenting his works in the main museums and galleries of Milan, Florence and Rome. Likewise, for a brief period of time between 1957 and 1958, he settled in Israel where he presented his works at the Betzabel National Museum in Jerusalem, and at the Museums of Modern Art in Haifa and Tel Aviv. In 1962 she returned to France, married the French doctor Jean Perromat, and settled there permanently until her death on July 12, 2003. It was there where her works were most recognized, with the six mural panels that decorate the Normal School standing out. and the library of Périgueux, the city in which he would live almost permanently. Likewise, she was closely linked to the French intellectual world, where she met Alberto Moravia, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Enrico Prampolini and Elsa Morante. Likewise, between the sixties and the end of the century, several of her works were presented, both in individual and group exhibitions, in various galleries and museums in Belgium, Germany, Spain, the United States, Venezuela, Mexico and Colombia. . As an internationally recognized painter, Emma Reyes helped several Colombian artists launch her career; Among them stood out Fernando Botero, Antonio Barrera, Luis Caballero, Alberto Cogollo, Darío Morales and Alberto Sojo.