Blick Auf Einen Hinterhof

Brick walls rise close together, and laundry lines cut across a narrow courtyard in Blick Auf Einen Hinterhof. Alice Bailly catches the ordinary geometry of urban backyards with an eye that refuses to soften anything. The palette leans on burnt sienna, slate grey, and olive green, the colors of weathered plaster and moss-dark stone. Chimneys stack at odd angles. Small windows repeat in uneven rows, their panes catching dull daylight. Bailly builds the space through quick, angular brushwork, letting each roofline tilt slightly, so the yard feels compressed and alive rather than tidy. A figure or two may hover at an edge, small against the mass of the buildings. Hang it in a kitchen, a stairwell landing, or a city apartment entry where everyday scenes still feel honest.