Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1957, ya na Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies, na Pablo Picasso sere ihe na
Brussels International Expo, Spanish Pavilion. Na 1963, Fuertes hapụrụ Rom, ebe ọ meriri ihe nrite mbụ maka eserese ya "Torneo Medieval", nke Grand Prix de Rome maka eserese na ihe ọkpụkpụ nyere. Ọ bụ na Italy ka ya na Giorgio de Chirico, onye na-ese ihe osise nke metaphysical art, bụ enyi, onye, na 1965, o gosipụtara ọrụ ya n'akụkụ ndị na-ewu ewu na ndị na-eme ihe nkiri dị ka Balthus, Umberto Boccioni na Carlo Carra. Mgbe Fuertes lọghachiri Paris, o zutere Alechinsky. Ọ ga-ezute Apel na ndị nka ndị ọzọ na La Coupole Café na Boulevard du Montparnasse. Ọ bụ na nzukọ ndị a ka Fuertes malitere ọbụbụenyi ya na onye na-ese ihe na-enweghị atụ, Viola.