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@lemonade
You could, but as you say it wouldn't give you any privacy
Personally I'd go for a hornbeam hedge, which also keeps its (brown) leaves over winter, with a border full of grasses and perennials in front, to hide the fence and provide beauty. If you can't afford to lose that much space, do either a hedge or a border instead of both.
Do the privacy bit with a pair of big fast growing deciduous shrubs/multi stemmed trees. How much privacy do you really need in the garden in winter anyway? Bare branches will still break up the view and make you feel less exposed.
I'd go for a pair of elders - sambucus nigra black lace is beautiful, fast growing, quite early into leaf (mine is leafing up now), and gives you flowers you can make into pink elderflower champagne. Its big but can be pruned as hard as you like if it gets too big. See artists impression (albeit it's leaves are purple not green).
Plenty of other big shrubs / small trees available if you don't like the elder
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