Two great names, one very special meeting. Allegedly, Picasso refused to paint the French beauty, although he never said why. In this terrific picture above, it looks as if Bardot was pouting at Picasso because she’s not used to not getting her way with men!

Brigitte visited Pablo Picasso at his studio at Vallauris outside Cannes during the film festival of 1956– some speculate she really was trying to convince him to make her his latest muse. In the end, it looks like Picasso is quite taken by her– and her pout! Wonder why he never painted her…

One of those great moments in time when I wish I could have been a fly on the wall …

Images thanks to Retronaut via the LIFE archives